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| Title | The Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume 3 The Works of Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
| Publisher | G. Faulkner, 1743 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 16 Apr 2008 |
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