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A28346 The Ladies Charity School-house roll of Highgate, or, A subscription of many noble, well-disposed ladies for the easie carrying of it on W. B. (William Blake), fl. 1650-1670. 1670 (1670) Wing B3152; ESTC R2137 96,148 302

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