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A28849 A sermon preached at the funeral of Mary Terese of Austria, Infanta of Spain, Queen of France & Navarre, at St. Denis, Sept. 1, 1683 by Monsieur James Benigne Bossuet ...; Oraison funèbre de Marie-Thérèse. English Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne, 1627-1704. 1684 (1684) Wing B3791; ESTC R22734 20,939 36

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