THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE,

FROM CHAUCER TO SAXE.

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THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, BLACKWOOD'S
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by

MASON BROTHERS,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of
New York.

Copyright, 1884,

BY JAMES PARTON.

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