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Edinburgh, 1852

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At Rome speaks Latin as no Roman can."]

169 BARCLAY, ROBERT. AN APOLOGY FOR THE TRUE CHRISTIAN DIVINITY, as the same is held forth and preached by the People called, in Scorn, Quakers; being a Full Explanation and Vindication of their Principles and Doctrines, by many Arguments, deduced from Scripture and Right Reason, etc., etc. The Sixth Edition in English. 8vo, old calf. London, 1736 170 BARHAM, REV. RICHARD HARRIS. THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, or Mirth and Marvels; by Thomas Ingoldsby, Es