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| Title | Waverley novels. (Library ed.). Volume 15 of Waverley novels., sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) |
| Author | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) |
| Published | 1853 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 11 Jul 2006 |
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