Selected quad for the lemma: england_n
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A37324
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A letter from a Protestant of integrity to a principal peer of the realm now sitting in Parliament by way of animadversion on a letter from a person of quality to the same peer of the realm : occasioned by the present debate upon the penal laws.
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C. D.
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1661
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Wing D53; ESTC R26472
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