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Seite 6 - 38 GENERAL CATALOGUE. Morte D'Arthur.—SIR THOMAS MALORY'S BOOK OF KING ARTHUR AND OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. The Edition of CAXTON, revised for Modern Use. With an Introduction by SIR EDWARD STRACHEY, Bart. Globe 8vo. y. dd. Third Edition. ' ' // is with the most perfect confidence that we recommend this edition of
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Seite 240 - on the Formation of Classical English ; on some Modern Poems (Matthew Arnold and the late Alexander Smith}, &c. &°c. POETRY & BELLES LETTRES. 25 Clough (Arthur Hugh), (continued} — THE POEMS OF ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH, sometime Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. With a Memoir by FT PALGRAYE. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo.
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