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A44543 The sirenes, or, Delight and judgment represented in a discourse concerning the great day of judgment and its power to damp and imbitter sensual delights, sports, and recreations / by Anthony Horneck ... Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697. 1690 (1690) Wing H2853; ESTC R8310 130,970 370

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