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A30923 Poetical recreations consisting of original poems, songs, odes, &c. with several new translations : in two parts / part I, occasionally written by Mrs. Jane Barker, part II, by several gentlemen of the universities, and others. Barker, Jane. 1688 (1688) Wing B770; ESTC R7698 114,866 432

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