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Hermann und die Fürsten. Ein Bardiet für die Schaubühne
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1209:Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb (1823).
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1154:Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb (1839).
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1204:. Leipzig: bey Georg Joachim Goschen.
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1182:. Leipzig: bey Georg Joachim Goschen.
1171:. Leipzig: bey Georg Joachim Goschen.
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1597:Johann Michael Moscherosch
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