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A96335 An essay to promote virtue by example in a collection of excellent sayings (divine and moral) of devout & learned men, in all ages, from the apostles time, to this present year, 1689 / By William Whitcombe, gent. Whitcombe, William. 1689 (1689) Wing W1743B; ESTC R42718 61,072 231

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