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A37441 Some reflections on a pamphlet lately published entituled An argument shewing that a standing army is inconsistent with a free government and absolutely destructive to the constitution of the English monarchy Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. 1697 (1697) Wing D848; ESTC R29705 20,562 34

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