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A26086 An essay in defence of the female sex in which are inserted the characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. : in a letter to a lady / written by a lady. Astell, Mary, 1668-1731.; Drake, Judith, fl. 1696-1707. 1696 (1696) Wing A4058; ESTC R11541 60,271 178

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