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| Title | The Dramatic Works of David Garrick: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Volume 2 The Dramatic Works of David Garrick: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, David Garrick |
| Author | David Garrick |
| Publisher | A. Millar, 1798 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Jan 2, 2007 |
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