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- ↑ John Richetti (6 January 2005). The Cambridge History of English Literature, 1660-1780. Cambridge University Press. p. 477. ISBN 978-0-521-78144-2.
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- ↑ Tobias Churton (1 January 2005). The Golden Builders: Alchemists, Rosicrucians, First Freemasons. Weiser Books. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-1-60925-177-2.
- ↑ 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.