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Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 [1845], The guests from Gibbet-island: a legend of Communipaw, from The knickerbocker sketch-book (Burgess, Stringer & Co., New York) [word count] [eaf229].

Word Count

Total Words: 4448 Total Unique Words: 1432.
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