Solutions laurence ---, 18th-century novelist has 8 entries with similar clues

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• toleenamelled or lacquered metalware popular in the 18th century
• pitt18th-century English statesman who was twice prime minister
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• camusTwentieth-century French philosopher and novelist
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• lesage18th-century French novelist whose name means "the wise man"
• shandythe life and opinions of tristram .... , gentleman, novel by laurence sterne
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• lessing18th-century German dramatist
• hogarth18th-century English painter and engraver
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• boys-from-brazilthe ..., thriller starring gregory peck and laurence olivier *