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concern_n love_v passionate_a solon_n 6 3 13.8840 5 false
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A35788 The loves of sundry philosophers and other great men translated out of French.; Amours des grands hommes. English Villedieu, Madame de, d. 1683. 1673 (1673) Wing D1190; ESTC R12800 108,426 274

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