Selected quad for the lemma: love_n
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A18805
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The booke of freendeship of Marcus Tullie Cicero; Laelius de amicitia. English
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; Harington, John, d. 1582.
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STC 5276; ESTC S111226
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