HISTORY

OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE

ES.

New Edition

Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh.

HISTORY

OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE

BY H. A. TAINE, D.C.L.

Translated from the French by H. Van Laun
One of the Masters at the Edinburgh Academy

VOLUME
FOURTH

London

CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY

1883

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