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A54950 An epistolary poem to John Dryden, Esq. occasion'd by the much lamented death of the Right Honourable James, Earl of Abingdon / by William Pittis ... Pittis, William, 1674-1724. 1699 (1699) Wing P2319; ESTC R2510 10,123 24

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