Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n
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A45754
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The ladies dictionary, being a general entertainment of the fair-sex a work never attempted before in English.
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N. H.; Dunton, John, 1659-1733.
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1694
(1694)
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Wing H99; ESTC R6632
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