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friend_n brother_n love_v time_n 1,084 5 3.7075 3 true
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A41024 Feign'd friendship, or, The mad reformer as it was acted at the theatre in Little Lincolns-Inn-Fields. 1699 (1699) Wing F601; ESTC R17867 50,219 56

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