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death_n eternal_a life_n soul_n 14,602 5 5.1897 4 true
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B04233 Loves tyranny: or, Death more welcome then disdain. Being the tragedy of Leander for the love of Roxane. Lovers beware, for in loves smiles the fates, to ruine two adventurous mortals waits; women like syrens, first with charms allure, untill they wound, then leave us without cure: such fate Leander found, and for disdain, took death's kind portion, which expell'd his pain: to the tune of, Let the critticks adore, &c. 1678-1682? (1682) Wing L3288; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[314] 1,206 1

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