Selected quad for the lemma: land_n
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A33923
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Vindiciæ juris regii, or Remarques upon a paper, entitled, An enquiry into the measures of submission to the supream authority
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Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726.
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1689
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Wing C5267; ESTC R21083
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