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By the Rev. JOHN EAGLES, A.M. Oxon. Originally published in ' Black- 

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Contents: — Church Music, and other Parochials. — Medical Attendance, and 

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THE GENIUS OF HANDEL, 



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BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE, 



From Commencement in 1S17 to December 1861. Numbers 1 to 554, forming 

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INDEX TO THE FIRST FIFTY VOLUMES OF BLACKWOOD'S 

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