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A27316 Poems upon several occasions with a voyage to the island of love : also The lover in fashion, being an account from Lydicus to Lysander of his voyage from the island of love / by Mrs. A. Behn ; to which is added a miscellany of new poems and songs, by several hands. Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. 1697 (1697) Wing B1758; ESTC R30218 157,872 578

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