Mr. Macaulay's Character of the Clergy in the Latter Part of the Seventeenth Century, Considered: With an Appendix on His Character of the Gentry, as Given in His History of England |
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| Title | Mr. Macaulay's Character of the Clergy in the Latter Part of the Seventeenth Century, Considered: With an Appendix on His Character of the Gentry, as Given in His History of England Online access with subscription: JISC Historical Texts |
| Author | Churchill Babington |
| Publisher | J. Deighton, 1849 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 11 Oct 2006 |
| ISBN | 0598395989, 9780598395986 |
| Length | 116 pages |
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