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Knox, Vicesimus (1752-1821)9
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Elegant extracts : or, useful and entertaining passages in prose, selected for the improvement of young persons

Knox, Vicesimus (1752-1821)

1808

Engr. title-pages, with vignettes. Binder's title: Elegant Extracts.

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Elegant extracts : being a copious selection of instructive, moral, and entertaining passages, from the most eminent prose writers (v.1)

Knox, Vicesimus (1752-1821)

[1810]

Compiled by Vicesimus Knox; cf. DNB. Issued as three 6 v. sets of Elegant extracts: prose, poetry and epistles. With added engraved and illustrated half title for each book, with title: Elegant ex...

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Elegant extracts : being a copious selection of instructive, moral, and entertaining passages, from the most eminent prose writers (v.2)

Knox, Vicesimus (1752-1821)

[1810]

Compiled by Vicesimus Knox; cf. DNB. Issued as three 6 v. sets of Elegant extracts: prose, poetry and epistles. With added engraved and illustrated half title for each book, with title: Elegant ex...

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Elegant extracts : being a copious selection of instructive, moral, and entertaining passages, from the most eminent prose writers (v.3)

Knox, Vicesimus (1752-1821)

[1810]

Compiled by Vicesimus Knox; cf. DNB. Issued as three 6 v. sets of Elegant extracts: prose, poetry and epistles. With added engraved and illustrated half title for each book, with title: Elegant ex...

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Elegant extracts : being a copious selection of instructive, moral, and entertaining passages, from the most eminent prose writers (v.4)

Knox, Vicesimus (1752-1821)

[1810]

Compiled by Vicesimus Knox; cf. DNB. Issued as three 6 v. sets of Elegant extracts: prose, poetry and epistles. With added engraved and illustrated half title for each book, with title: Elegant ex...

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Elegant extracts : being a copious selection of instructive, moral, and entertaining passages, from the most eminent prose writers (v.5)

Knox, Vicesimus (1752-1821)

[1810]

Compiled by Vicesimus Knox; cf. DNB. Issued as three 6 v. sets of Elegant extracts: prose, poetry and epistles. With added engraved and illustrated half title for each book, with title: Elegant ex...

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Elegant extracts : being a copious selection of instructive, moral, and entertaining passages, from the most eminent prose writers (v.6)

Knox, Vicesimus (1752-1821)

[1810]

Compiled by Vicesimus Knox; cf. DNB. Issued as three 6 v. sets of Elegant extracts: prose, poetry and epistles. With added engraved and illustrated half title for each book, with title: Elegant ex...

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English prose style

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1928

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The London book of English prose

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Dobrée, Bonamy (1891-1974)

1931

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The London book of English prose

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Dobrée, Bonamy (1891-1974)

1931

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The London book of English prose

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Dobrée, Bonamy (1891-1974)

1949

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Elizabethan prose

Roberts, Michael (1902-1948)

1933

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