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Bibliographic information
| Title | The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 5 The works of Francis Bacon, Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) |
| Author | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) |
| Published | 1819 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 27 Jul 2006 |
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