Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n
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A30483
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Remarks upon An essay concerning humane understanding in a letter address'd to the author.
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Burnet, Thomas, 1635?-1715.; Locke, John, 1632-1704.
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Wing B5944; ESTC R3915
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