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| Title | Introductory Lectures on Modern History: Delivered in Lent Term, MDCCCXLII. |
| Author | Thomas Arnold |
| Editor | Henry Reed |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | B. Fellowes, 1847 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 315 pages |
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