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friend_n call_v hear_v know_v 2,316 5 3.9299 3 true
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A67520 Sot's paradise, or, The humours of a Derby-ale-house with a satyr upon the ale. Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. 1698 (1698) Wing W754; ESTC R3048 4,085 18

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