The First Printed Translations into English of the Great Foreign Classics: A Supplement to Text-Books of English LiteratureHarris, William James
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The First Printed Translations into English of the Great Foreign Classics: A Supplement to Text-Books of English Literature
Harris, William James
Literature -- Translations into English -- Bibliography
[Sir Isumbras, Sir Degore, Sir Bevis, Squyr of Lowe Degre,
Valentyne and Orson, Guy of Warwick, etc.]
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'MEREDITH, OWEN'. [Ld. Lytton]. _Tr._
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