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A95065 An exposition with practicall observations upon the three first chapters of the proverbs: grammaticall rhetoricall, logicall, and theologicall. As they were delivered in severall expository lectures at Christ-church in Canterbury. / By Francis Taylor, B. in D. Taylor, Francis, 1590-1656. 1655 (1655) Wing T273; Thomason E847_1; ESTC R207317 415,752 563

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