Poems on Various Subjects: But Chiefly Moral and Descriptive, with Songs, and Copious Notes |
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| Título | Poems on Various Subjects: But Chiefly Moral and Descriptive, with Songs, and Copious Notes |
| Autor | Thomas Edgar |
| Editor | Printed at the Dumfries & Galloway courier office, 1822 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 27 Feb. 2006 |
| Largo | 283 páginas |
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