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| Title | 'Look before you leap' [by A.F. Hector]. Volume 2 of 'Look before you leap' [by A.F. Hector], Annie French Hector |
| Author | Annie French Hector |
| Published | 1865 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 25 Jul 2006 |
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