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The invisible spy : By Explorabilis. In two volumes.

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Main Author:	Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Edition:	Second edition. ..
Series:	Eighteenth century collections online.
Subjects:	Child rearing > England > Early works to 1800. Parent and child > England > Early works to 1800. Man-woman relationships > Early works to 1800.
Online Access:	Full text online

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