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- ↑ Roderick Marshall (1934). Italy in English literature, Volume 1. Columbia University Press. p. 144.
- 1 2 Frederick Peter Locke (1974). The Dramatic Art of Susanna Centlivre. McMaster University. p. 185.
- ↑ Eleni Siatra (2009). A CRITICAL EDITION OF HANNAH MORE'S PERCY: A TRAGEDY. Miami University. p. 23.