Selected quad for the lemma: love_n
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B04744
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A poem as it was presented to His Sacred Majesty on the discovery of the plott, written by a lady of quality.
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Ephelia, fl. 1679.
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1679
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Wing P2668; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.2[121]
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