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| Title | The highland castle, and the lowland cottage, Volume 4 The highland castle, and the lowland cottage, Rosalia St. Clair (pseud.) |
| Author | Rosalia St. Clair (pseud.) |
| Published | 1820 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 17 Jan 2007 |
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