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English poetry.
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Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900â -- Provenance (Bac,Ref)
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Bibliotheca topographica Britannica
1780-90 [i.e. 1790-1800]
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Beckford, William, 1760â1844
Biographical memoirs of extraordinary painters, 1780
1977
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A Select collection of poems
1969