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death_n die_v life_n see_v 16,095 5 3.5035 3 true
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A20498 A discourse of mans life Comparing him to things that quickly passe, as bubble, shuttle, blossome, streame, and grasse. To the tune of Ayme not too high. 1629 (1629) STC 6907; ESTC S118443 1,824 2

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