CYCLOPEDIA

OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE;

A HISTORY, CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL, OF BRITISH AUTHORS,

FROM THE EARLIEST TO THE PRESENT TIMES.

EDITED BY

ROBERT CHAMBERS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

EDINBURGH:

PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS.

1844.

RODLEIAN

27 SEP1972

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