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A History of His Life and Times . By Mary S. Austin . Edited by Helen Kearny Vreeland , Great - granddaughter of the poet . Descriptas servare vices , operumque colores Cur ego , si nequeo ignoroque , poeta salutor . Horace .
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| Title | Paul Jones: His Exploits in English Seas During 1778-1780, Contemporary Accounts Collected from English Newspapers, with a Complete Bibliography |
| Author | Don Carlos Seitz |
| Publisher | E.P. Dutton, 1917 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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