History of English Literature: From the fourteenth century to the death of Surrey, ed. by A. Brandl. tr. by I. Dora Schmitz |
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| Title | History of English Literature: From the fourteenth century to the death of Surrey, ed. by A. Brandl. tr. by I. Dora Schmitz Bohn's standard library Volume 3 of History of English Literature, Bernhard Aegidius Konrad ten Brink |
| Author | Bernhard Aegidius Konrad ten Brink |
| Translated by | Horace Milton Kennedy, William Clarke Robinson |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | G. Belland sons, 1902 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 27 Jun 2007 |
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