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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29983	Poetical reflections on a late poem entituled Absalom and Achitophel by a person of honour.	Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628-1687.	1681 (1681)	Wing B5319; ESTC R3196	6,367	17

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