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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
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- Johnson, Samuel. "William King." In Lives of the English Poets. [4]
- Andrew Robinson, The Last Man Who Knew Everything (London: Plume, 2007), p. 25.
