Selected quad for the lemma: death_n
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A39150
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An Elegy on the much lamented death of His Grace the Duke of Beauford who departed this life at his seat at Badminton in Gloucestershire on Sunday the 21st of January 1700, being near the 70 year of his age.
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Wing E426C; ESTC R26464
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