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Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 67: August 1668

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703; Braybrooke, Richard Griffin, Baron, 1783-1858 [Editor]; Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917 [Editor]; Bright, Mynors, 1818-1883 [Translator]

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 67: August 1668 — English source edition. Subject: Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 -- Diaries.

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 -- DiariesCabinet officers -- Great Britain -- DiariesDiarists -- Great Britain -- Diaries
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Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 68: September/October 1668

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703; Braybrooke, Richard Griffin, Baron, 1783-1858 [Editor]; Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917 [Editor]; Bright, Mynors, 1818-1883 [Translator]

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 68: September/October 1668 — English source edition. Subject: Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 -- Diaries.

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 -- DiariesCabinet officers -- Great Britain -- DiariesDiarists -- Great Britain -- Diaries
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Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 69: November 1668

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703; Braybrooke, Richard Griffin, Baron, 1783-1858 [Editor]; Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917 [Editor]; Bright, Mynors, 1818-1883 [Translator]

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 69: November 1668 — English source edition. Subject: Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 -- Diaries.

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 -- DiariesCabinet officers -- Great Britain -- DiariesDiarists -- Great Britain -- Diaries
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Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 70: December 1668

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703; Braybrooke, Richard Griffin, Baron, 1783-1858 [Editor]; Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917 [Editor]; Bright, Mynors, 1818-1883 [Translator]

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 70: December 1668 — English source edition. Subject: Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 -- Diaries.

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 -- DiariesCabinet officers -- Great Britain -- DiariesDiarists -- Great Britain -- Diaries
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Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 71: January 1668-69

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703; Braybrooke, Richard Griffin, Baron, 1783-1858 [Editor]; Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917 [Editor]; Bright, Mynors, 1818-1883 [Translator]

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 71: January 1668-69 — English source edition. Subject: Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 -- Diaries.

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 -- DiariesCabinet officers -- Great Britain -- DiariesDiarists -- Great Britain -- Diaries
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Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 72: February/March 1668-69

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703; Braybrooke, Richard Griffin, Baron, 1783-1858 [Editor]; Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917 [Editor]; Bright, Mynors, 1818-1883 [Translator]

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 72: February/March 1668-69 — English source edition. Subject: Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 -- Diaries.

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 -- DiariesCabinet officers -- Great Britain -- DiariesDiarists -- Great Britain -- Diaries
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Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 73: April/May 1669

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703; Braybrooke, Richard Griffin, Baron, 1783-1858 [Editor]; Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917 [Editor]; Bright, Mynors, 1818-1883 [Translator]

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 73: April/May 1669 — English source edition. Subject: Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 -- Diaries.

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 -- DiariesCabinet officers -- Great Britain -- DiariesDiarists -- Great Britain -- Diaries
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Doña Perfecta

Pérez Galdós, Benito, 1843-1920; Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Serrano, Mary J. (Mary Jane), -1923 [Translator]

Doña Perfecta — English source edition. Subject: Married women -- Fiction.

Married women -- FictionSpain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- FictionReligion and politics -- Spain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
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Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison

Harrison, William, 1534-1593; Withington, Lothrop, 1856-1915 [Editor]

Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison — English source edition. Subject: England -- Description and travel -- Early work...

England -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800England -- Social life and customs -- 16th centuryElizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Homes and haunts -- England
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