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A47766 The snake in the grass: or, Satan transform'd into an angel of light Discovering the deep and unsuspected subtilty which is couched under the pretended simplicity of many of the principal leaders of those people call'd Quakers. Leslie, Charles, 1650-1722. 1696 (1696) Wing L1156; ESTC R216663 156,109 630

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