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- ↑ Grimmelshausen, H. J. Chr. (1669) [1668]. Der abentheurliche Simplicissimus [The adventurous Simplicissimus] (in German). Nuremberg: J. Fillion. OCLC 22567416.
- ↑ Joseph E. Garreau, "Jean Racine" in Hochman 1984, p. 194.
- ↑ J. Milling, "Centlivre , Susanna (bap. 1669?, d. 1723)", ODNB, Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved 7 October 2014, subscription required.
- ↑ William Riley Parker (1996). Milton: The life. Clarendon Press. p. 604. ISBN 978-0-19-812889-2.
- ↑ Notes and Queries. Oxford University Press. 1856. p. 468.