The books discussed in this volume are no less valuable than they are rare, and the compiler is entitled to the gratitude of the public. Observer. The Silent Hour : Essays, Original and Selected. By the Author of "The Gentle Life. The Essays of Abraham Cowley - Page 7by Abraham Cowley - 1868 - 199 pagesFull view - About this book
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| George Catlin - History - 1867 - 402 pages
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| Martha Stone Hubbell - 1867 - 362 pages
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| Mary Elizabeth Dodge - 1867 - 364 pages
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| Henry Ward Beecher - 1867 - 334 pages
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| Robert Williams Buchanan - Poetics - 1868 - 366 pages
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| John Richard Houlding - Australia - 1868 - 478 pages
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| Wilfrid Fonvielle - Lightning - 1868 - 312 pages
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| Henry Morley - Ballads, English - 1868 - 282 pages
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| Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) - Table-talk - 1868 - 230 pages
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