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A53051 Orations of divers sorts accommodated to divers places written by the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle. Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674. 1662 (1662) Wing N859; ESTC R27520 144,720 333

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