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| Title | Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews |
| Author | Abraham Hayward |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, and Company [Spottiswoode and Company, Printers], 1874 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 1 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 411 pages |
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