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A48947 The ground-work, or foundation, laid (or so intended) for the framing of a new perfect language and an vniversal or commonwriting : and presented to the consideration of the learned / by a well-willer to learning. Lodowyck, Francis. 1652 (1652) Wing L2816; ESTC R30504 6,534 22

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