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| Title | A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne, Volume 2 A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne, Sir Adolphus William Ward |
| Author | Sir Adolphus William Ward |
| Publisher | Macmillan and Company, 1875 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 3 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 643 pages |
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