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| Title | English Works: Toxophilus, Report of the Affaires and State of Germany, The Scholemaster Cambridge English classics English Works: Toxophilus, Report of the Affaires and State of Germany, The Scholemaster, William Aldis Wright Microbook library of English literature |
| Author | Roger Ascham |
| Editor | William Aldis Wright |
| Publisher | University Press, 1904 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 304 pages |
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