Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n
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A93057
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A receipt for the state-palsie. Or, A direction for the setling the government of the nation: delivered in a sermon upon Proverbs 25.5. By S.S.
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Shaw, Samuel, 1635-1696.
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Wing S3043; Thomason E1015_4; ESTC R208172
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