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| George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 404 pages
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| Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 524 pages
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| Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 490 pages
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| Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 512 pages
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| Jonathan Swift - 1823 - 446 pages
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| H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
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| Philomathic institution - 1825 - 518 pages
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| Jonathan Swift - 1834 - 354 pages
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| George Campbell - Theology - 1840 - 450 pages
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