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A Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898; Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928 [Illustrator]

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Mathematical recreations
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A vindication of the rights of men, in a letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke; occasioned by his Reflections on the Revolution in France

Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797

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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- CausesLibertyBurke, Edmund, 1729-1797. Reflections on the revolution in France
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Aesthetic Poetry

Pater, Walter, 1839-1894

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AestheticsEnglish poetry -- 19th century
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Aesthetical and philosophical essays

Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805

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PhilosophyAesthetics
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Aesthetical Essays of Friedrich Schiller

Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805

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Aids to the Study of the Maya Codices Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-85, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 253-372

Thomas, Cyrus, 1825-1910

Aids to the Study of the Maya Codices Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-85, Government P...

Codex Dresdensis MayaMaya language
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An Account of Egypt

Herodotus, 481? BCE-421? BCE; Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell), 1852-1915 [Translator]

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Egypt -- History -- To 332 B.C.
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An Accursed Race

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865

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