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HISTORICAL MANUAL OF ENGLISH PROSODY
BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY
M.A. AND HON. D.LITT. OXON. HON. LL.D. ABERD.; HON. D.LITT. DURH.; FELLOW OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY HON. FELLOW OF MERTON COLLEGE, OXFORD; LATE PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
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