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... ble edges . London , Johnson and Payne , 1769 . 38 AMUSEMENTS IN RETIREMENT ; or , the Influence of Science , Literature , and the Liberal Arts , on the Manners and Happiness of Private Life . 1 vol . 8vo , calf supr . Lon- don , H ...
... ble edges . London , Johnson and Payne , 1769 . 38 AMUSEMENTS IN RETIREMENT ; or , the Influence of Science , Literature , and the Liberal Arts , on the Manners and Happiness of Private Life . 1 vol . 8vo , calf supr . Lon- don , H ...
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... edges . 1817 . Greene's Groat's Worth of Wit bought with a Million 1813 . of Repentance . 1 vol . 4to , half morocco . 255 256 257 Sonnets from Petrarch . ble edges . 1817 . 258 Raleigh ( Sir Walter ) . 259 1 vol . 4to , calf supr ...
... edges . 1817 . Greene's Groat's Worth of Wit bought with a Million 1813 . of Repentance . 1 vol . 4to , half morocco . 255 256 257 Sonnets from Petrarch . ble edges . 1817 . 258 Raleigh ( Sir Walter ) . 259 1 vol . 4to , calf supr ...
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... edges . Lon- don , Nicol , 1803-17 . 285 BURNS ( Robert ) . Select Scottish Songs . Edited by R. H. Cromek . 2 vols ... ble and Co. , 1828 . 291 BURTON ( Robert ) . Anatomy of Melancholy . 2 vols . 8vo , calf supr , marble edges . London ...
... edges . Lon- don , Nicol , 1803-17 . 285 BURNS ( Robert ) . Select Scottish Songs . Edited by R. H. Cromek . 2 vols ... ble and Co. , 1828 . 291 BURTON ( Robert ) . Anatomy of Melancholy . 2 vols . 8vo , calf supr , marble edges . London ...
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... edges . London , Cadell , 1798 . 315 316 Poems . Translated , with Remarks on the Life and Writings of Camoens , by ... ble edges . London , J. Murray , 1819 . Life of Mrs. Siddons . Full portrait by Lupton , after Sir Thomas Lawrence ...
... edges . London , Cadell , 1798 . 315 316 Poems . Translated , with Remarks on the Life and Writings of Camoens , by ... ble edges . London , J. Murray , 1819 . Life of Mrs. Siddons . Full portrait by Lupton , after Sir Thomas Lawrence ...
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... edges . Whit- tingham , Chiswick Press , 1825 . 352 CAXTON . Life of Mayster Wyllyam Caxton , of the Weald of Kent ... ble edges . London , W. Miller , 1801 . 357 CHALLONER ( Richard ) . Memoirs of Missionary Priests , and other ...
... edges . Whit- tingham , Chiswick Press , 1825 . 352 CAXTON . Life of Mayster Wyllyam Caxton , of the Weald of Kent ... ble edges . London , W. Miller , 1801 . 357 CHALLONER ( Richard ) . Memoirs of Missionary Priests , and other ...
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