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| Title | An Essay on the Application of Natural History to Poetry An Essay on the Application of Natural History to Poetry, John Aikin |
| Author | John Aikin |
| Publisher | W. Eyres, 1777 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 23, 2006 |
| Length | 156 pages |
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