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opinion_n according_a good_a think_v 628 5 3.9676 3 true
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B03264 An elegie upon Mr. Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, lately deceased. 1679 (1679) Wing E458; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[68]; ESTC R36257 1,208 1

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