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son_n	father_n	king_n	year_n	29,836	5	5.3689	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42369	A thanksgiving-sermon for the peace: preach'd at St Michael Crookedlane, December the 2d, 1697. By James Gardiner, M.A. rector of the said parish.	Gardiner, James, 1637-1705.	1697 (1697)	Wing G228A; ESTC R223633	20,128	32

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