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A29500 An essay in morality written by G.B. to his friend H.P., Esquire ; in which the nature of virtue and vice is distinctly stated, their respective reasonableness and unreasonableness demonstrated, and several useful conclusions inferred. G. B. (George Bright), d. 1696.; Plumptre, Henry. 1682 (1682) Wing B4672; ESTC R18007 26,324 158

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