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    Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
    Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
    Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
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    Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

    By Richard Morris

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateFeb 24, 1965
    Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
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    Richard Morris

    Richard Morris, Ph.D., is the author of more than a dozen books explaining the wonders and intricacies of the scientific world, among them The Big Questions, Achilles in the Quantum Universe, Time's Arrows, and The Edge of Science. He lived in San Francisco, California.

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