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Heywood, John. The Proverbs of John Heywood. London: George Bell and Sons, 1874, pt. 2, ch. 4.

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 4, sc. 5.

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 5.

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Arnold, Matthew. "Sohrab and Rustum." Poems: A New Edition. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853.

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Arnold, Matthew. "Sohrab and Rustum." Dover Beach and Other Poems. Dover Publications, 2012.

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Shakespeare, William. Inscription on his grave. 23 April 1616. Holy Trinity Church, Stratford upon Avon, England, UK.

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Shakespeare, William. Inscription on his grave. 23 April 1616. Holy Trinity Church, Stratford upon Avon, England, UK.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 20 Mar. 1776.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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Blake, William. The Everlasting Gospel. c. 1818.

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Blake, William. "The Everlasting Gospel." Blake: Poems, edited by Peter Washington. Everyman's Library, 1994.

He was not of an age but for all time!

Ben Jonson

On Shakespeare.

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Jonson, Ben. "To the Memory of My Beloved, the Author, Mr. William Shakespeare." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 17 Apr. 1776.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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Keats, John. "Hyperion: A Fragment." Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems. London: Taylor and Hessey, 1820, bk. 1, I. 353.

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Keats, John. "Hyperion: A Fragment." John Keats: The Major Works, edited by Elizabeth Cook. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 1, I. 353.

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Wollstonecraft, Mary. "Matrimony." Thoughts on the Education of Daughters. London: Joseph Johnson, 1787.

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Wollstonecraft, Mary. "Thoughts on the Education of Daughters." The Works of Mary Wollstonecraft, edited by Marilyn Butler and Janet Todd. Vol. 4, Routledge, 2020.

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Eliot, George. Impressions of Theophrastus Such. Edinburgh/London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1879, ch. 4.

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Burns, Robert. Man was made to Mourn: A Dirge. 1784, st. 11.

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Burns, Robert. "Man Was Made to Mourn. A Dirge." Robert Burns: Selected Poems, edited Carol Mcguirk. Penguin Classics, 1994, I. 11.

Yes, injured Woman! rise, assert thy right!

Anna Laetitia Barbauld

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Barbauld, Anna Laetitia. "The Rights of Woman." The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld With a Memoir by Lucy Aikin. Vol. 1, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825.

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Barbauld, Anna Laetitia. "The Rights of Woman." The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld: With a Memoir, edited by Lucy Aikin. Vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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Shakespeare, William. "As You Like It." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 4, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "As You Like It." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 1.

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Disraeli, Benjamin. Henrietta Temple. London: Henry Colburn, 1837, bk. 6, ch. 9.

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Mutability." Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude: And Other Poems. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1816, I. 16.

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Mutability." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 16.

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Mill, John Stuart. "Utilitarianism." Fraser's Magazine, 1861, ch. 3.

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Mill, John Stuart. "Utilitarianism." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 3.

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Adonais: An Elegy on the Death of John Keats, Author of Endymion, Hyperion, etc. London: Charles Ollier, 1821, st. 10, I. 9.

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Adonais." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, st. 10, I. 9.

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Shakespeare, William. Henry IV, Part 1. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1597, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 5, sc. 4.

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Shakespeare, William. "The First Part of Henry the Fourth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 2.