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A52350 The Nine muses, or, Poems written by nine several ladies upon the death of the late famous John Dryden, Esq. Manley, Mrs. (Mary de la Rivière), 1663-1724. 1700 (1700) Wing N1159; ESTC R21869 11,649 30

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