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Page 165 - Spanish cortes for the recognition of the independence of South America. Translated from the French of the Abbe de Pradt.
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Page 368 - The Bible, not the Bible Society ; being an attempt to point out that mode of disseminating the Scriptures which would most effectually conduce to the security of the Established Church and the peace of the United Kingdom ; by the Hev.
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