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A35574 Hagio-mimesis The imitation of the saints : opened in some practical meditations upon the death of Mrs. Anne Browne, late wife of Mr. Peter Browne of Hammersmith / by Thomas Case ... Case, Thomas, 1598-1682. 1666 (1666) Wing C822; ESTC R37528 40,369 103

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