WITH BRIEF MEMOIR OF DR. BIRKBECK HILL, BY HIS NEPHEW

HAROLD SPENCER SCOTT, M.A., NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD

IN THREE VOLUMES

VOL. I

COWLEY-DRYDEN

OXFORD

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

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HENRY FROWDE, M.A.

PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

LONDON, EDINBURGH

NEW YORK AND TORONTO

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„UME I

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME I

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LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER iii

PREFATORY NOTE TO THE PRESENT EDITION

vii

ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA

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BRIEF MEMOIR OF DR. BIRKBECK HILL, WITH BIBLIO-

GRAPHY

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