Selected quad for the lemma: love_n
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A91911
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A pastoral dialogue between Alexis and Strephon written by the right honourable the late Earl of Rochester, at the bath, 1674.
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Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680.
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1682
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Wing R1752; ESTC R182834
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