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law_n	job_n	prophet_n	psalm_n	42,044	5	11.0080	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39819	An historical account of the manners and behaviour of the Christians and the practices of Christianity throughout the several ages of the church written originally in French by Msr. Cl. Fleury ...; Moeurs des Chrétiens. English	Fleury, Claude, 1640-1723.	1698 (1698)	Wing F1363; ESTC R15813	173,937	370

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