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A44530 The happy ascetick, or, The best exercise to which is added A letter to a person of quality, concerning the holy lives of the primitive Christians / by Anthony Horneck ... Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697. 1681 (1681) Wing H2839; ESTC R4618 230,083 562

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