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| Title | The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 3 The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, George Crabbe |
| Author | George Crabbe |
| Editor | George Crabbe |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1834 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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