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cause_n body_n know_v nature_n 1,522 5 5.1798 4 false
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A39716 The idea of His Highness Oliver, late Lord Protector, &c. with certain brief reflexions on his life / by Richard Fleckno, Esq. Flecknoe, Richard, d. 1678? 1659 (1659) Wing F1226; ESTC R6875 19,504 84

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