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[101] See Wordsworth's _Essay, Supplementary to the Preface_, 1815, and
Coleridge's _Biographia Literaria_.
[102] _An Apology for Smectymnuus_, Prose Works, ed. 1843, III, 117-18.
Milton was thirty-four years old at this time.
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[103] The opening words of Dryden's _Postscript to the Reader_ in the
translation of Virgil, 1697.
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[104] The opening lines of _The Hind and the Panther_.
[105] _Imitations of Horace_, Book II, Satire 2, ll. 143-44.
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[106] From _On the Death of Robert Dundas, Esq._
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[107] ~Clarinda~. A name assumed by Mrs. Maclehose in her sentimental
connection with Burns, who corresponded with her under the name of
Sylvander.
[108] Burns to Mr. Thomson, October 19, 1794.
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[109] From _The Holy Fair_.
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[110] From _Epistle: To a Young Friend_.
[111] From _Address to the Unco' Quid, or the Rigidly Righteous_.
[112] From _Epistle: To Dr. Blacklock_.
[Footnote 4: See his _Memorabilia_.][Transcriber's note: The reference
for this footnote is missing from the original text.
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