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A37425 The Compleat mendicant, or, Unhappy beggar being the life of an unfortunate gentleman ... a comprehensive account of several of the most remarkable adventures that befel him in three and twenty years pilgrimage : also a narrative of his entrance at Oxford ... likewise divers familiar letters, both Latin and English sermons, poems, essays ... Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.; Price, Thomas. 1699 (1699) Wing D830; ESTC R7553 60,443 192

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