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JORROCKS'S JAUNTS AND JOLLITIES, 



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THE WORKS OF EDMUND SPENSER, 



Including the whole of bis Poetry, likewise bis celebrated Letter on the State of 

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OLD ENGLISH SQUIRE, 



A SONG. Tbe words by STEPHEN OLIVIER. The Music composed by D. 

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