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~Rimmer's Our Old Country Towns.~
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~Roll of Battle Abbey, The~;
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~Rowlandson, the Caricaturist.~
A Selection from his Works, with Anecdotal Descriptions of his
Famous Caricatures, and a Sketch of his Life, Times, and
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