Selected quad for the lemma: england_n
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A70970
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Remarks upon the navy. The second part containing a reply to the observations on the first part : with a discourse on the discipline of the navy, shewing that the abuses of the seamen are the highest violation of Magna Charta, and the rights and liberties of English men /
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Wing R949A; ESTC R4016
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