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ENCYCLOPÆDIA of GEOGRAPHY:

Comprising a complete Description of the Earth; exhibiting its Relation to the Heavenly
Bodies, its Physical Structure, the Natural History of each Country, and the Industry,
Commerce, Political Institutions, and Civil and Social State of all Natious.
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A VIEW of the REIGN of JAMES IJ.
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By the late Right Hon. SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH.

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DACRE: a Novel.

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ENCYCLOPÆDIA of PLANTS;

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ENCYCLOPEDIA of AGRICULTURE;

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HORTUS BRITANNICUS:

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EGYPT and MOHAMMED ALI;

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