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sense_n	scripture_n	understand_v	word_n	8,215	5	4.6940	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89451	Stoa Triumphans or, two sober paradoxes, viz. 1. The praise of banishment. 2. The dispraise of honors. Argued in two letters by the noble and learned Marquesse, Virgilio Malvezzi. Now translated out of the Italian, with some annotations annexed.	Malvezzi, Virgilio, marchese, 1595-1653.	1651 (1651)	Wing M362; Thomason E1415_1; ESTC R209443	30,793	119

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