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A34378 A Continuation of The Dialogue between two young ladies, lately married, concerning the management of husbands part the second : wherein is a most passionate letter full of wit and affection writ by Eloisa (a young French lady) to her husband Abelard who was emasculatd by the malice of her uncle. 1696 (1696) Wing C5963; ESTC R28568 17,830 44

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