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A28928 The compleat French-master for ladies and gentlemen being a new method, to learn with ease and delight the French tongue, as it is now spoken in the court of France, in three parts, I. A short and plain grammar, II. A vocabulary, familiar dialogues, the niceties of the French tongue, and twelve discourses ... III. Four collections ... / by A. Boyer ... Boyer, Abel, 1667-1729. 1694 (1694) Wing B3913; ESTC R16179 184,839 536

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