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A60174 Virtue and science pindarick poems dedicated to the Most Illustrious Princess Anne, Dutchess of Richmond and Lenox, and to her sister, the Right Honourable Frances, Countess of Newburgh / by J.S. J. S. (James Shute), 1664-1688. 1695 (1695) Wing S3713B; ESTC R26919 14,321 24

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