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Bubble and squeak, or, A sound from the frying-pan : being a letter addressed to "my uncle's friends /

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Main Author:	Piercy, Richard
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Lawler and Quick, 1824
Series:	Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
Subjects:	Interest > Great Britain. Pawnbroking > Great Britain. Electronic books.
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