Poems on Several Occasions

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PRIOR, Matthew. Poems on Several Occasions. 2 , xxiv, 4 , 328 pp. 8vo., 192 x 115 mm, full contemporary calf, gilt double fillets on covers, gilt spine, leather label. London: Jacob Tonson, 1709.Second Edition of this collection of verse by the respected English poet and diplomatist Matthew Prior. As an epigrammatist he is unrivalled in English, and Thackeray was full of praise for his works: Prior's ... seem to me amongst the

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