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... Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems Both Ancient and Modern , the first of three volumes , of which the second and third appeared in 1709 and 1711 respectively . These are the words which the publisher addressed to the reader at ...
... Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems Both Ancient and Modern , the first of three volumes , of which the second and third appeared in 1709 and 1711 respectively . These are the words which the publisher addressed to the reader at ...
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... collection by David Herd already referred to ; Herd's first edition appeared in 1769 and a second enlarged edition in two volumes in 1776. There were also many collections of the tunes alone , arranged for a variety of instruments . The ...
... collection by David Herd already referred to ; Herd's first edition appeared in 1769 and a second enlarged edition in two volumes in 1776. There were also many collections of the tunes alone , arranged for a variety of instruments . The ...
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... collection of letters by the most eminent writers , with a few sensible directions for attaining an easy epistolary style ' , as Gilbert describes it , or , in Robert's words , ' a collection of letters by the Wits of Queen Anne's reign ...
... collection of letters by the most eminent writers , with a few sensible directions for attaining an easy epistolary style ' , as Gilbert describes it , or , in Robert's words , ' a collection of letters by the Wits of Queen Anne's reign ...
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