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The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
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by Oliver Wendell Holmes (#1 in our series by Oliver Wendell Holmes)
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Title: The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
Release Date: December, 1996 [EBook #751] [This file was first posted on December 11, 1996] [Most recently updated: September 8, 2002]
Edition: 10
Language: English
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Transcribed from the 1873 James R. Osgood and Company edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE
THE AUTOCRAT'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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