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friend_n letter_n page_n send_v 2,737 5 10.0535 5 true
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A47682 Cassandra the fam'd romance : the whole work : in five parts / written originally in French ; now elegantly rendred into English by a person of quality.; Cassandre. English La Calprenède, Gaultier de Coste, seigneur de, d. 1663.; Cotterell, Charles, Sir, d. 1701. 1652 (1652) Wing L106A; ESTC R42095 1,385,752 872

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