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Reprints of Early Bibles, by the Rev. R. Hooper, M.A. | |
Marriage Licence of John Gower, the Poet, by W. H. Gunner | |
Aska or Asca | |
Legends of the County Clare, by Francis Robert Davies | |
Archaic Words | |
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John Locke | |
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