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Bibliographic information
| Title | Origins of the English People and the English Language |
| Author | Jean Roemer |
| Publisher | D. Appleton, 1888 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 27 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 658 pages |
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