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love_n child_n father_n heart_n 3,913 5 4.8705 4 false
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A16779 A poste vvith a madde packet of letters; Post with a packet of mad letters. Part 1 Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626? 1602 (1602) STC 3684; ESTC S104722 28,019 44

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