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Informações bibliográficas
| Título | The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volume 7 The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Great Britain |
| Autor | Great Britain |
| Publicado | 1804 |
| Original de | Oxford University |
| Digitalizado | 21 maio 2007 |
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