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REPRESENTATIVE ESSAYS

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TWELVE UNABRIDGED ESSAYS BY IRVING, LAMB, DE QUINCEY,
EMERSON, ARNOLD, MORLEY, LOWELL, CARLYLE,
MACAULAY, FROUDE, FREEMAN AND
GLADSTONE.

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