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| Título | The Works of John Dryden: Poetical works Volumen9 de The Works of John Dryden: Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author, George Saintsbury |
| Autores | John Dryden, Walter Scott |
| Editor | George Saintsbury |
| Edición | revisada, en letra grande |
| Editor | Paterson, 1884 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 20 Feb. 2008 |
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