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A74649 An entertainment of solitarinesse or, the melting of the soule, by meditations, and the pouring of it out by prayers. By Sir Richard Tempest, knight and baronet. Tempest, Richard, Sir, 1619 or 20-1662. 1649 (1649) Wing T625; Thomason E1410_1; ESTC R209519 28,217 157

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