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This day was published, in one volume, foolscap avo.
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THE FIRST BOOK of T. LUCRETIUS CARUS of
the NATURE of THINGS. Translated into English Verse,
By the Rev. W. HAMILTON DRUMMOND.
Edinburgh : Printed for Mundell, Doig, and Stevenson, and
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NOUVEAUX ROMANS DE MADAME DE MON IDLIEU
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This day was published,
In One Volume Octavo, price 7s. sd. in boards,
the Second Edition of

THE COTTAGERS of GLENBURNIE ; A
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By ELIZABETH HAMILTON,
Author of " The Elementary Principles of E4ucation,"
" Memoirs of Modern Philosophers," &c.
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NATURAL HISTORY.
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