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Thomas Randolph : Poems

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Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge      Print: Book

Thomas Randolph : his answer to Christianity not founded on argument

'After the breakdown of her marriage in 1752, Sarah Scott read voraciously and eclectically, the "History of Florence" and Lord Bacon's essays, and the Old Plays, Christianity not founded on argument, Randolph's answer to it... and some of David's Simple Life... an account of the Government of Venice, Montaigne's Essays.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Sarah Scott      Print: Book

Thomas Randolph : Cornelianum Dolium

'After he was gone, I fell a-reading "Cornelianum Dolium" till 11 a-clock at night, with great pleasure; and after that to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys      Print: Book

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