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A49144 A treatise of the loftiness or elegancy of speech written originally in Greek by Longin, and now translated out of French by Mr. J.P.; Ars rhetorica. English. 1680 Longinus, Cassius, ca. 213-273.; J. P. 1680 (1680) Wing L3001; ESTC R31704 42,960 188

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