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A36292 Biathanatos a declaration of that paradoxe or thesis, that selfe-homicide is not so naturally sinne, that it may never be otherwise : wherein the nature and the extent of all those lawes, which seeme to be violated by this act, are diligently surveyed / written by Iohn Donne ... Donne, John, 1572-1631.; Donne, John, 1604-1662. 1644 (1644) Wing D1858; ESTC R13744 139,147 240

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