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| Title | The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay: Contributions to Knight's quarterly magazine. Contributions to the Edinburgh review Volume 1 of The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay |
| Author | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay |
| Publisher | Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 Oct 2007 |
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