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- ↑ Ian Campbell Ross (2001). Laurence Sterne: A Life. Oxford University Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-19-212235-3.
- ↑ Philip H. Highfill; Kalman A. Burnim; Edward A. Langhans (1984). A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. SIU Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-8093-1130-9.
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Cousin, John William (1910), "Lloyd, Robert", A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature , London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via Wikisource - ↑ Berry, Helen M. (2004). "Dunton, John (1659–1732)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online ed., Jan 2008, accessed 7 Sept 2008
