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COMPLETE INDICES OF AUTHORS AND SUBJECTS.INDEX OF AUTHORS:PREFACE:A COLLECTION OF HOLY SCRIPTURES.SHAKESPEARE.

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Act 5 · Acts

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Act 5 · Acts

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Act 1 · Acts

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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

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3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Act 4 · Acts

Act 5 · Acts

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THOMAS TUSSER.FULKE GREVILLE, LORD BROOKE.

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CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE.SIR WALTER RALEIGH.JOSHUA SYLVESTER RICHARD BARNFIELD.EDMUND SPENSER.

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MOTHER HUBBERD'S TALE.SIR HENRY WOTTON.DR. JOHN DONNE.BEN JONSON.

Book 4 / Act 1 · Acts

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FRANCIS BEAUMONT.GEORGE WITHER.FRANCIS QUARLES.

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GEORGE HERBERT.SIR JOHN SUCKLING.ROBERT HERRICK.SIR RICHARD LOVELACE.JAMES SHIRLEY.RICHARD CRASHAW.THOMAS DEKKER.ABRAHAM COWLEY.SIR JOHN DENHAM.THOMAS CAREW.EDMUND WALLER.MILTON.

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Book iv, Line 598.

Book 4 · Books

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Book 8 · Books

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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

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MARQUIS OF MONTROSE.DRYDEN.

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Part 2 / Act 4 · Acts

Part 1 · Parts

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Part 1 / Act 1 · Acts

Part 1 / Book 1 · Books

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JOHN BUNYAN.EARL OF ROSCOMMON.EARL OF ROCHESTER.KING CHARLES II.SHEFFIELD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.THOMAS OTWAY.

Part 1 / Book 1 / Act 1 · Acts

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JOHN NORRIS.NATHANIEL LEE.

Part 1 / Book 1 / Act 1 · Acts

Part 1 / Book 1 / Act 4 · Acts

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TOM BROWN.THOMAS SOUTHERN.

Part 1 / Book 1 / Act 2 · Acts

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Part 1 · Parts

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LOUIS THEOBALD.MATTHEW PRIOR.COLLEY CIBBER.

Part 1 / Act 4 · Acts

Part 1 / Act 5 · Acts

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JOSEPH ADDISON.

Part 1 / Act 1 · Acts

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Part 1 / Act 4 · Acts

Part 1 / Act 5 · Acts

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JONATHAN SWIFT.WILLIAM CONGREVE.

Part 1 / Act 1 · Acts

Part 1 / Act 3 · Acts

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ALEXANDER POPE.

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Part 3 / Book 2 · Books

Part 3 / Book 14 · Books

Part 3 / Book 15 · Books

Part 3 / Book 15 · Chapters

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THOMAS TICKELL.JOHN GAY.

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Part 3 / Book 15 / Act 1 · Acts

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LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGUE.NICHOLAS ROWE.

Part 3 / Book 15 / Act 2 · Acts

Part 3 / Book 15 / Act 5 · Acts

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JOHN PHILIPS.THOMAS PARNELL.BARTON BOOTH.MATTHEW GREEN.JOHN BYROM.BISHOP BERKELEY.ROBERT BLAIR.

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EDWARD YOUNG.HENRY CAREY.

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ISAAC WATTS.SIR SAMUEL TUKE.

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AARON HILL RICHARD SAVAGE.JAMES THOMSON.

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JOHN DYER.PHILIP DODDRIDGE.ROBERT DODSLEY SAMUEL JOHNSON.

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LORD LYTTELTON EDWARD MOORE.

Part 2 / Act 3 · Acts

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WILLIAM SHENSTONE.JOHN BROWN.DAVID GARRICK.THOMAS GRAY.WILLIAM COLLINS.MARK AKENSIDE.NATHANIEL COTTON.JOHN HOME.

Part 2 / Act 1 · Acts

Part 2 / Act 2 · Acts

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OLIVER GOLDSMITH.

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TOBIAS SMOLLETT.THOMAS PERCY.BEILBY PORTEUS.JAMES BEATTIE.

Part 2 / Book 1 · Books

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CHARLES CHURCHILL.MRS. THEALE.WILLIAM COWPER.

Part 2 / Book 1 · Books

Part 2 / Book 2 · Books

Part 2 / Book 3 · Books

Part 2 / Book 4 · Books

Part 2 / Book 5 · Books

Part 2 / Book 6 · Books

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W. J. MICKLE.JOHN LANGHORNE.

Part 1 · Parts

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DR. WALCOTT.MRS. BARBAULD.SIR WILLIAM JONES.CAPTAIN CHARLES MORRIS.JOHN TRUMBULL.

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RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN

Part 1 / Act 5 · Acts

Part 1 / Act 2 · Acts

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Part 1 / Act 3 · Acts

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GEORGE CRABBE.ROBERT BURNS.THOMAS MOSS.GEORGE COLMAN.

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GEORGE CANNING.WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.

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Part 3 / Book 1 · Books

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Part 3 / Book 6 · Books

Part 3 / Book 7 · Books

Part 3 / Book 9 · Books

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HON. WILLIAM ROBERT SPENCER.DR. GEORGE SEWELL.SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE.

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Parts

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Part 1 · Parts

Part 1 / Act 5 · Acts

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ROBERT SOUTHEY.

Part 1 / Act 5 · Sections

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CHARLES LAMB.THOMAS CAMPBELL.

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Part 3 · Sections

2 2 2 3 5 5 6 6 2 5 6 6 6 6 1 1 2 4 4 5 5

Sections

Volume 1 · Sections

Volume 1 · Other sections

THOMAS MOORE.REGINALD HEBER.JONATHAN M. SEWALL.SAMUEL WOODWORTH.LORD BYRON.

Volume 1 · Sections

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CHARLES WOLFE.JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.JOHN KEATS.ROBERT POLLOK.

Volume 1 / Book 8 · Books

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THOMAS HOOD.SAMUEL ROGERS.RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES.BRYAN W. PROCTOR.ALFRED TENNYSON.

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Volume 1 / Part 1 · Parts

Volume 1 / Part 1 / Act 2 · Acts

Volume 1 / Part 1 / Book 1 · Books

Volume 1 / Part 1 / Book 3 · Books

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FRANCIS RABELAIS.

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Volume 1 / Part 1 / Book 4 · Books

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MIGUEL DE CERVANTES.

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SIR PHILIP SIDNEY.

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Volume 1 / Part 1 · Parts

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FRANCIS BACON.JOHN MILTON.

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Volume 1 / Part 1 / Book 2 · Books

Volume 1 / Part 1 / Book 3 · Books

Volume 1 / Part 1 / Book 3 · Other sections

ANDREW FLETCHER OF SALTOUN.HENRY ST. JOHN, VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE.BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.LAURENCE STERNE.

Volume 2 · Sections

Sections

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Sections

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Volume 6 / Part 2 · Parts

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DON JOSEPH PALAFOX.THOMAS B. MACAULAY.JOHN RANDOLPH.WASHINGTON IRVING.FRANCIS DUC DE ROCHEFOUCAULD.JOSEPH FOUCHE.ADDENDA.

Volume 6 / Part 2 / Act 5 · Acts

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INDEX INDEX (continued 2)

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