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BY DAVID MASSON, M.A, 
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1. Life of John Milton, narrated in connexion with 
the Political, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History. 
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» Critical Sketch of the History of British Prose 
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I, Shakespeare and Goethe.—II. Milton’s Youth.—III. The Three 
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the Year 1770.— VII. Wordsworth.—VIII. Scottish Influence on British 
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THE ILIAD OF HOMER. 
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE. 
By I. C. Wrieut, M.A., Translator of “ Dante,” late 
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