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land_n darkness_n death_n shadow_n 3,756 5 10.1492 5 true
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A65241 A short narrative of the late dreadful fire in London together vvith certain considerations remarkable therein, and deducible therefrom : not unseasonable for the perusal of this age written by way of letter to a person of honour and virtue. Waterhouse, Edward, 1619-1670. 1667 (1667) Wing W1050; ESTC R8112 75,226 194

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