Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n
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A89543
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An ansvver to a lawless pamphlet entituled, The petition and articles exhibited in Parliament against Doctor Haywood, late chaplain to the Bishop of Canterbury. By R.M.
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R. M.
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1641
(1641)
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Wing M69; Thomason E172_27; ESTC R13527
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