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Elegant extracts : being a copious collection of instructive, moral, and entertaining passages from the most eminent British poets.

Title: Elegant extracts : being a copious collection of instructive, moral, and entertaining passages from the most eminent British poets.
Publication: London : John Sharpe and Hector McLean, [1810]

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 6	Text	Use in library	NAC (Elegant extracts) v. 6	Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 5	Text	Use in library	NAC (Elegant extracts) v. 5	Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 4	Text	Use in library	NAC (Elegant extracts) v. 4	Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 3	Text	Use in library	NAC (Elegant extracts) v. 3	Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 1	Text	Use in library	NAC (Elegant extracts) v. 1	Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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Knox, Vicesimus, 1752-1821.

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6 v.; 13 cm.

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Elegant extracts from the most eminent British poets.

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Compiled by Vicesimus Knox; cf. DNB. Issued uniformly in this ed. with his Elegant epistles, and with his Elegant extracts : being a copious selection ... from the most eminent prose writers; cf. NUC pre-1956.
In 12 books; each book has special engraved t.p., illustrated, with title: Elegant extracts from the most eminent British poets.
Each volume divided into two books, each with added engraved t.-p.: Elegant extracts from the most eminent writers ...

Contents

v. 1. Devotional and moral -- v. 2. Didactic pieces, including fables. Descriptive, narrative, and pastoral -- v. 3 Odes, elegies, monodies, and epitaphs-- v. 4. Dramatic -- v. 5. Ballads, songs, &c. Satirical and humorous -- v. 6. Larger poems.

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