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heaven_n steal_v thief_n treasure_n 2,093 5 9.4580 5 false
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A59599 Adam Abel, or, Vain man a discourse fitted for funeral occasions, but serviceable to men in all ages and conditions of life to make them humble and heavenly-minded / by Samuel Shaw ... Shaw, Samuel, 1635-1696. 1692 (1692) Wing S3034; ESTC R9572 39,662 130

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