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Book 284

To the Holy Bible 290 On Sir Thomas Bodley's Library 362

VERE, SIR AUBREY DE (1788-1846). Sacred and Profane Writers 296

VERULAM, LORD. _See_ BACON.

VOLTAIRE, FRANÇOIS MARIE AROUET DE (1694-1778). Multiplication is Vexation 59 The Seat of Authority 107

WALLER, SIR WILLIAM (1597 ?-1668). The Contentment I have in my Books 2 Riding Post 146 Full Libraries and Empty Heads 149

WALPOLE, HORATIO, EARL OF ORFORD (1717-97). Lounging Books 169 Literary Upholsterers 264

WARD, JOHN WILLIAM, EARL OF DUDLEY (1781-1833). A Preference for Great Models 72

WATTS, ISAAC (1674-1748). Books to be Marked 139

WESLEY, JOHN (1703-91). 'I read only the Bible' 291 A Man of one