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cause_n know_v see_v speak_v 2,811 5 3.9392 3 true
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B06875 Sophronia. Verses written occasionally by reading a late scandalous libel designed, An aspersion upon the Lady G-. 1681 (1681) Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.4[206] 1,161 1

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