The Way to the Temple of True Honor and Fame by the Paths of Heroic Virtue;: Exemplified in the Most Entertaining Lives of the Most Eminent Persons of Both Sexes; On the Plan Laid Down by Sir William Temple in His Essay of Heroic Virtue. In Four Volumes, 第 2 巻T. Burrough, bookseller; sold also by L. Davis, over against Gray's-Inn-Gate, Holbourn, London., 1773 |
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