Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

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Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29074	A vindication of the remarks on the Bishop of Derry's discourse about human inventions from what is objected against them in the admonition annext to the second edition of that discourse by the author of the remarks.	Boyse, J. (Joseph), 1660-1728.	1695 (1695)	Wing B4080; ESTC R1985	67,590	105

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