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THE LIVES
OF
THE POETS-LAUREATE.
WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ON
THE TITLE AND OFFICE.
BY WILTSHIRE STANTON AUSTIN, JUN.,
B.A., EXETER COLLEGE, OXON;
AND JOHN RALPH, M.A.,
BARRISTER-AT-LAW.
οὔτε γὰρ ἱστορίας γράφομεν, ἀλλὰ βίους· οὔτε ταῖς ἐπιφανεστάταις πράξεσι πάντως ἔνεστι δήλωσις ἀρετῆς, ἢ κακίας, ἀλλὰ πρᾶγμα βραχὺ πολλάκις καὶ ῥῆμα, καὶ παιδιά τις, ἔμφασιν ἤθους ἐποίησε μᾶλλον, ἤ μάχαι μυριόνεκροι, καὶ παρατάξεις αἰ μέγισται, καὶ πολιόρκιαι πόλεων.—PLUTARCH.
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
M.DCCC.LIII.
