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hand_n left_a right_a thumb_n 10,232 5 13.9755 5 true
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A03420 Hocus Pocus Junior The anatomy of legerdemain. Or, The art of iugling set forth in his proper colours, fully, plainly, and exactly; so that an ignorant person may thereby learn the full perfection of the same, after a little practise. Unto each trick is added the figure, where it is needfull for instruction. 1638 (1638) STC 13544; ESTC S116933 27,129 57

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