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death_n bring_v life_n soul_n 7,766 5 4.9105 4 false
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B03159 An elegy on that great example of heroick valour the right honourable, Edvvard Earl of Sandvvich. 1672 (1672) Wing E363; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[139]; ESTC R36175 1,066 1

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