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friend_n answer_n answer_v letter_n 1,077 5 7.3824 4 true
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A58753 Cupids schoole wherein yong men and mayds may learne divers sorts of new, witty, and amorous complements / newly written and never any written before in the same kinde. W. B. 1642 (1642) Wing S191; ESTC R37194 17,477 48

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