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A23696 The art of patience and balm of Gilead under all afflictions an appendix to The art of contentment / by the author of The whole duty of man. Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.; Pakington, Dorothy Coventry, Lady, d. 1679.; Sterne, Richard, 1596?-1683. 1694 (1694) Wing A1096; ESTC R20086 106,621 176

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