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death_n die_v life_n time_n 18,635 5 3.9362 3 true
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A39206 An Elegy upon the death of the Right Honourable Sir John Shorter, Knight lord mayor of the city of London, who departed this life September the 4th, 1688. 1688 (1688) Wing E475A; ESTC R36180 1,233 1

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