Selected quad for the lemma: death_n
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A52106
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An Oxford elegie, ek thanatou athanasia, or, A fallacy put upon death by our Most Gracious Prince and Soveraign Oliver Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the dominions belonging thereunto
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T. M.
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1658
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Wing M83A; ESTC R35010
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