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A32910 The female advocate; or, A plea for the just liberty of the tender sex, and particularly of married women. Being reflections on a late rude and disingenuous discourse, delivered by Mr. John Sprint, in a sermon at a wedding, May 11th, at Sherburn in Dorsetshire, 1699. / By a Lady of Quality. Chudleigh, Mary Lee, Lady, 1656-1710. 1700 (1700) Wing C3984; ESTC R4679 27,821 63

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