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A35673 Miscellany poems by Mr. Dennis with select translations of Horace, Juvenal, Mons. Boileau's Epistles, Satyrs, &c., and Æsop's Fables, in burlesque verse ; to which is added, The passion of Byblis, with some critical reflections on Mr. Oldham, and his writings ; with letters and poems. Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses. Liber 9. English. Selections.; Dennis, John, 1657-1734. 1697 (1697) Wing D1035; ESTC R800 61,677 228

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