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Satyrical characters and handsome descriptions in letters written to severall persons of quality by Monsieur De Cyrano Bergerac ; translated out of the French by a person of honour.; Correspondence. English. Selections
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Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619-1655.; Person of honour.
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