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Du Plessis's memoirs: or, Variety of adventures : Interspers'd with characters and reflections, moral, satirical, instructive and humourous. With a description of some strolling-players, amongst whom the memorialist travell'd awhile, before his last departure from England. In two volumes.

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Uniform Title:	De legibus.
Corporate Author:	Gale (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Subjects:	Travel writing > England > London > Early works to 1800. English fiction > 18th century. Electronic books. Fiction.
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