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SELECT EXTRACTS FROM MODERN AUTHORS;

POETRY, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED;

The Spirit of the Public Press;

DISCOVERIES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES; DOMESTIC HINTS OF UTILITY, &c. &c. &c.

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