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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59611	Miscellaneous essays by Monsieur St. Euremont ; translated out of French. With a character / by a person of honour here in England ; continued by Mr. Dryden.	Saint-Evremond, 1613-1703.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1692 (1692)	Wing S305; ESTC R27566	144,212	393

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