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Two Books Including "The Miseries of Human Life" and "An Essay On the Art Of Ingeniously Tormenting"

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Two Books Including "The Miseries of Human Life" and "An Essay On the Art Of Ingeniously Tormenting"
Beresford, James. "The Miseries of Human Life; or The Groans of Samuel Sensitive, and Timothy Testy." Published by William Miller, London, 1806.

Collier, Jane. "An Essay On the Art Of Ingeniously Tormenting" Published by Thomas Tegg., London., 1809.

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Two Books Including "The Miseries of Human Life" and "An Essay On the Art Of Ingeniously Tormenting"

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