A Course of English Reading, Adapted to Every Taste and Capacity: With Literary AnecdotesD. Appleton and Company, 1854 - 313 pages |
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| Titre | A Course of English Reading, Adapted to Every Taste and Capacity: With Literary Anecdotes |
| Auteur | James Pycroft |
| Édition | 3 |
| Éditeur | D. Appleton and Company, 1854 |
| Original provenant de | Université de Harvard |
| Numérisé | 28 mars 2006 |
| Longueur | 313 pages |
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