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| Título | The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumen 24 The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | C. Bathurst, 1779 |
| Procedencia del original | la Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 27 Feb 2006 |
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