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  • ...essed Restoration, and Return, upon the 29th of May, in the year 1660]]''. Oxford: Printed at the Theater, An. Dom. 1707. <span style="color: #115740; font-w *Blackstone, William. ''[[Commentaries on the Laws of England]]''. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1765-1769. <span style="color: #115740; fo
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  • ...essed Restoration, and Return, upon the 29th of May, in the year 1660]]''. Oxford: Printed at the Theater, An. Dom. 1707. *Blackstone, William. ''[[Commentaries on the Laws of England]]''. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1765-1769.
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  • *''[[Holy Bible|The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments]].'' Oxford: Thomas Baskett, 1754. [Includes manuscript note, "The Bible belonged to Ge
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  • *''[[Holy Bible|The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments]].'' Oxford: Thomas Baskett, 1754. [Includes manuscript note, "The Bible belonged to Ge
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  • ...olphin, John (1617–1678)]," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed April 23, 2013.</ref> After graduating
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  • ...followed this with a studentship (a fellowship of sorts) at Christ Church, Oxford, obtaining a BA in 1656 and an MA in 1568. His studies continued until 1675 ...ly influential in the eighteenth century, not least in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, where it soon replaced the scholastic doctrines in which Loc
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  • |publoc=[[:Category:Oxford|Oxford]] ...38.<ref>Prest, "Blackstone, Sir William."</ref> Two years into his time at Oxford, Blackstone was admitted as a candidate to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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  • |publoc=[[:Category:Oxford|Oxford]] ...''William Blackstone: Law and Letters in the Eighteenth Century'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), 214.</ref>
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  • ...''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World'', ed. by John Roberts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).</ref> However, more than twice the number of Eurip ...of the Chorus and the prevalence of songs decreased.<ref>"Euripidēs" in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World''.</ref>
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  • ...Oxford Companion to Classical Literature'', ed. by M.C. Howatson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).</ref> The Trojan War is estimated to have occurred ..., as well as with the suitors attempting to woo his wife.<ref>"Homer" in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World''.</ref> Odysseus' humaneness served as a
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  • ...''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World'', ed. by John Roberts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)</ref> At some later point, Virgil became part of th ..."the technical perfection of his verse" and imagery.<ref>"Virgil" in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature''.</ref>
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  • ...ole of sublimity in literature.<ref>"Longī'nus on the Sublime” in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature''.</ref> ...s reflections on writing and genius in general.<ref>"‘Longīnus’" in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World''.</ref> Longinus gives many examples and
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  • ...''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World'', ed. by John Roberts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).</ref> Gellius spent most of his life in Rome, thou ...early Latin literature that is not extant.<ref>"Ge'llius, Aulus" in ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature''.</ref>
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