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earth_n	heaven_n	power_n	world_n	12,187	5	4.5664	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60387	A sermon preach'd at St. James's Church, Westminster, April 2, 1696, upon the discovery of the late horrid conspiracy against the person of our gracious King William by James Smalwood ...	Smalwood, James, d. 1719.	1696 (1696)	Wing S4008; ESTC R10066	10,726	33

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