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A59596 Female falshood, or, The Unfortunate beau contain'd in the genuine memoirs of a late French nobleman / written by Monsieur S. Evremont ; and now made English. Saint-Evremond, 1613-1703.; Villiers, Pierre de, 1648-1728. 1697 (1697) Wing S303; ESTC R33704 128,974 288

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