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| Title | The public life of the ... earl of Beaconsfield, Issue 75, Volume 2 The public life of the ... earl of Beaconsfield, Francis Hitchman |
| Author | Francis Hitchman |
| Published | 1879 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2006 |
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