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l._n 28._o r._n three_o part_n of_o four_o p._n 19_o l._n 29._o r._n 70._o p._n 47._o l._n 27._o r._n as_o p._n 50._o l._n 13._o r._n day-labourer_n p._n 52._o l._n 20._o after_o day_n add_v for_o food_n diet_n and_o clothes_n ibid._n l._n 22._o after_o expense_n r._n for_o the_o food_n alone_o and_o l._n 28._o after_o wherewithal_o r._n to_o cloth_n and_o p._n 68_o l._n 2._o r._n 21._o p._n 108._o l._n 21._o r._n of_o which_o p._n 180._o l._n 8._o r._n 340._o p._n 206._o l._n 1._o r._n the_o p._n 224._o l._n 26._o r._n the_o three_o part_n in_o four_o p._n 226._o l._n 12._o r._n in_o the_o province_n p._n 232._o l._n 22._o r._n linnen-cloath_n p._n 247._o l._n 12._o r._n per_fw-la pound_n p._n 252._o l._n 5._o deal_n of_o the_o content_n chap._n 1._o pag._n 1._o the_o desolation_n and_o ruin_n of_o france_n demonstrate_v etc._n etc._n chap._n 2._o pag._n 26._o a_o more_o punctual_a and_o particular_a account_n of_o the_o present_a condition_n of_o france_n chap._n 3._o pag._n 65._o 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