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| Заглавие | Preface. Poems on several occasions. An essay on Virgil's Georgics Том 1 от The Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq, Joseph Addison |
| Автор | Joseph Addison |
| Издател | J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
| Оригиналът е от | Нюйоркската обществена библиотека |
| Цифровизирана на | 24 Окт 2005 |
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