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A58027 A vindication of An essay concerning critical and curious learning in which are contained some short reflections on the controversie betwixt Sir William Temple and Mr. Wotton, and that betwixt Dr. Bentley and Mr. Boyle : in an answer to an Oxford pamphlet / by the author of that essay. Rymer, Thomas, 1641-1713. 1698 (1698) Wing R2434; ESTC R35155 20,355 62

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