History of the Cathedral Church of Wells: As Illustrating the History of the Cathedral Churches of the Old Foundation

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Macmillan, 1870 - 200 pages

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Page 39 - THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.
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