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| Title | Love; or, Self-sacrifice, Volume 233 Love; or, Self-sacrifice, Mary Elizabeth Herbert (baroness Herbert of Lea.) |
| Author | Mary Elizabeth Herbert (baroness Herbert of Lea.) |
| Published | 1868 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 14 Jul 2006 |
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