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A64778 The art of pleasing in conversation written by the famous Abbott Richlieu ; translated out of French.; Art de plaire dans la conversation Vaumorière, M. de (Pierre Ortigue), 1610-1693. 1691 (1691) Wing V161A; ESTC R29410 102,997 386

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