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A30507 The consolation of death as it was presented to Her Highness, the Princess Ann of Denmark, on the immature loss of William, late Duke of Gloucester / by Richard Burridge. Burridge, Richard, b. 1670. 1700 (1700) Wing B5977; ESTC R32012 11,921 31

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