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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1692.

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References

  1. Walter Hamilton (1879). The Poets Laureate of England: Being a History of the Office of Poet Laureate, Biographical Notices of Its Holders, and a Collection of the Satires, Epigrams, and Lampoons Directed Against Them. E. Stock. p. 27.
  2. John Richetti (6 January 2005). The Cambridge History of English Literature, 1660-1780. Cambridge University Press. p. 477. ISBN   978-0-521-78144-2.
  3. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Mountfort, William"  . Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 211–213.
  4. Rigg, J. M. (1894). "Mottley, John (1692–1750), dramatist and biographer". Dictionary of National Biography.
  5. Tobias Churton (1 January 2005). The Golden Builders: Alchemists, Rosicrucians, First Freemasons. Weiser Books. pp. 1–. ISBN   978-1-60925-177-2.
  6. Thomas A. Prendergast (12 November 2015). Poetical Dust: Poets' Corner and the Making of Britain. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 169. ISBN   978-0-8122-9190-2.