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A41733 The courtiers manual oracle, or, The art of prudence written originally in Spanish by Baltazar Gracian, and now done into English.; Oráculo manual y arte de prudencia. English Gracián y Morales, Baltasar, 1601-1658. 1685 (1685) Wing G1468; ESTC R6724 108,245 306

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