ENGLISH LITERATURE.

Ballantyne Press

BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO.

EDINBURGH AND LONDON

OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE

HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL

WITH AN APPENDIX OF ENGLISH METRES

BY

THOMAS ARNOLD, M.A.

OF UNIV. COLL., OXFORD

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, AND PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
STEPHEN'S GREEN, DUBLIN

SIXTH EDITION, REVISED

LONDON

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

AND NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16th STREET

1888

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