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A35985 Of bodies and of mans soul to discover the immortality of reasonable souls : with two discourses, Of the powder of sympathy, and, Of the vegetation of plants / by Sir Kenelm Digby, Knight. Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665. 1669 (1669) Wing D1445; ESTC R20320 537,916 646

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