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    Lauds and libels
    Lauds and libels
    Lauds and libels
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    Lauds and libels

    By Charles L. Graves

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    Lauds and libels by Charles L. Graves is a collection of poems and apostrophes to fellow writers, playwrights, and novelists. Contents: "Piccadilly, To "Martin Ross", To Stephen Leacock, To "Bartimeus," On Re-reading "Barchester Towers," "Bleak House," Lines on a New History, To my Godson, The House-Master, The Old Matron, Constable Jinks, 'Twas Fifty Years Ago, New Men and Old Studies."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateSep 15, 2022
    ISBN8596547307853
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