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Epic poetry

Lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily detailing heroic deeds

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    An essay on epic poetry in five epistles to the Revd. Mr. Mason. With notes. By William Hayley, Esq.

    Hayley, William, 1745-1820. | Date: M.DCC.LXXXII. [1782]
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    Sarcotis , et Caroli V. Imp. panegyris, carmina; tum de heroic�a poesi tractatus, auctore Masenio. Adjecta est Lamentationum Jeremi� paraphrasis, auctore D. Grenan.

    Masen, Jakob, 1601-1681. | Date: 1771
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    The adventures of Telemachus, the son of Ulysses. In twenty-four books. ... Written by the Archbishop of Cambray. Done into English ... by Mr. Is. Littlebury and Mr. A. Boyer. ..

    F�enelon, Fran�cois de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715. | Date: 1728
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    Remarks upon M. Voltaire's Essay on the epick poetry of the European nations. By Paul Rolli

    Rolli, Paolo, 1687-1765. | Date: [1728]
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    The adventures of Telemachus , the son of Ulysses. Translated from the French of Francis Salignac de la Mothe-Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray. By Percival Proctor, M.A.

    F�enelon, Fran�cois de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715. | Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]
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