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heaven_n pleasure_n young_a youth_n 100 3 8.6929 4 false
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A03025 Horæ succisivæ, or, Spare-houres of meditations upon our duty to [brace] God, others, our selves / by Ios. Henshaw. Henshaw, Joseph, 1603-1679. 1631 (1631) STC 13167.5; ESTC S2727 61,976 360

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