Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n
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A62915
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An essay of a character of the right honourable Sir George Treby, Kt. Lord Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court of Common-pleas / addressed to the learned Dr. Fowke by N. Tate, servant to His Majesty.
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Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.
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1699
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Wing T187; ESTC R32745
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