THE LITERARY HISTORY

OF ENGLAND

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Reading maketh a full man.'-BACON, On Study.

'A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit embalmed and
treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.'-MILTON, Areopagitica.
'Je ne voyage sans livres, ny en paix, ny en guerre. C'est la meilleure munition
que j'aye trouvé à cet humain voyage.'-MONTAIGNE, Livre iii. Chap. iii.
'Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind.'-ADDISON,
Spectator.

IN THREE VOLUMES-VOL. III.

London

MACMILLAN AND CO.

AND NEW YORK

1889