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The poems of Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

The poems of Samuel Johnson

by Samuel Johnson

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Published by Clarendon Press in Oxford .
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Edition Notes

StatementEdited by David Nichol Smith and Edward L. McAdam
ContributionsMcAdam, E. L. (Edward Lippincott), 1905-1969, Smith, David Nichol, 1875-1962
Classifications
LC ClassificationsPR 3522 S64 1962
The Physical Object
Paginationxxvi, 420 p.
Number of Pages420
ID Numbers
Open LibraryOL26562079M

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