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Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49356	The loyal Observator, or, Historical memoirs of the life and actions of Roger the Fidler, alias, the Observator		1683 (1683)	Wing L3356; ESTC R5420	5,834	12

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