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In 1774 Dr. Johnson, in a letter, wished that “what is undeservedly forgotten of our antiquated literature might be re - vived” and John Berkenhout in 1777 subtitled his Biog - raphia Literaria, A Biographical History of Literature, in which he proposed to give a “concise view of the rise and progress of literature.”
LITERATURE AND ITS COGNATES REN 1968
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Essai sur les Jardins, and whose name has given rise to some most charming lines in De Lille's poem, and whose biography is interestingly drawn in the Biog.
On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions Samuel Felton
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Biog. _ with references there given; Wood's _Athenae Oxonienses_ (Bliss) ii.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Biog. _ and authorities there quoted; Balfour's _Practicks_ (1754) and introductory preface; A. Lang's _Hist. of Scotland_, vol.ii. and authorities (1902); Sir J. Melville's _Memoirs_ (Bannatyne Club, 1827); _Cal. of State
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Biog. _, and a full collection of the ancient testimonies will be found in Harnack's _Altchristliche Litteratur_, vol.i. pp. 184 ff.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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Biog. _, and who highly eulogizes his character and diplomacy.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Monuments_, warmly upbraids him; and Aikins in his _Biog.
Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Frederick Somner Merryweather
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Champêtre, and le Bonheur dans les Campagnes, have passed through many editions, and of whom pleasing mention is made in the above Biog.
On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions Samuel Felton
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Biog. _; it is still only a sketch, though the volume contains a mass of genealogical and other incidental information by other hands.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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III., the Earl of Onslow (as cited in Maunder's _Universal Biog. _ p. 321.) uses the following expression: --
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