[/31, b.y. For abridgement "read" "abridgement." $158, l. 9 fr. bottom. For "Timon» read "Timor,

! 265, R. 6. For judgement"

read "judgement. ""

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T. H. WARD.

VOL. I.

EARLY POETRY:

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THE

ENGLISH POETS

SELECTIONS

WITH CRITICAL INTRODUCTIONS

BY VARIOUS WRITERS

AND A GENERAL INTRODUCTION BY

MATTHEW ARNOLD

EDITED BY

THOMAS HUMPHRY WARD, MA.

Late Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford

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