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A31223 The life of Donna Rosina a novel : being, a pleasant account of the artifices and impostures of a beautiful woman, who jilted and cheated the most experienc'd sharpers, and made all persons unhappy, that thought her handsome / originally a Spanish relation, in three parts, done into English, by the ingenious Mr. E. W. ...; Garduña de Sevilla y anzuelo de las bolsas. English Castillo Solórzano, Alonso de, 1584-1648?; Davies, John, 1627?-1693. 1700 (1700) Wing C1232; ESTC R41881 79,793 168

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