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A55194 Plutarch's Lives. Their first volume translated from the Greek by several hands ; to which is prefixt The life of Plutarch.; Lives. English. Dryden Plutarch.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700. 1683 (1683) Wing P2635; ESTC R30108 347,819 830

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