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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Astronomer Poet of Persia, Edward FitzGerald - Copyright Page

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Volume 153

Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism

Criticism of the Works of Novelists, Philosophers, and Other Creative Writers Who Died between 1800 and 1899, from the First Published Critical Appraisals to Current Evaluations

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