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A47190 Truth and innocency defended against calumny and defamation in a late report spread abroad concerning the revolution of humane souls : with a futher clearing of the truth by a plain explication of my sence, &c. / by George Keith. Keith, George, 1639?-1716. 1692 (1692) Wing K224; ESTC R6443 17,150 20

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