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A29976 Chorus poetarum, or, Poems on several occasions by the Duke of Buckingham, the late Lord Rochester, Sir John Denham, Sir Geo. Etheridge, Andrew Marvel, Esq., the famous Spencer, Madam Behn, and several other eminent poets of this age. Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628-1687. 1694 (1694) Wing B5309; ESTC R3195 38,769 192

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