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duty_n child_n husband_n wife_n 7,705 5 7.0226 4 true
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A47634 Poems upon several occasions, and, to several persons by the author of The censure of the Rota. Leigh, Richard, 1649 or 50-1728. 1675 (1675) Wing L1019; ESTC R12686 30,223 140

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