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| Title | The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik]. Volume 3; Volume 8 of Library of entertaining knowledge Volume 1 of The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, George Lillie Craik Volume 1 of The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik], George Lillie Craik |
| Author | George Lillie Craik |
| Contributor | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) |
| Publisher | Wells and Lilly, 1830 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 30 Nov 2005 |
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