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Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65313	Seven sermons on several select subjects preached by Mr. Tho. Watson ...	Watson, Thomas, d. 1686.	1689 (1689)	Wing W1144; ESTC R38959	64,277	202

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