Selected quad for the lemma: love_n
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A55112
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The Plea of the harmless oppressed, against the cruel oppressor
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Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695. A letter to a dissenter.
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1688
(1688)
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Wing P2525; ESTC R31914
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