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A59541 Several discourses and characters address'd to the ladies of the age wherein the vanities of the modish women are discovered / written at the request of a lady, by a person of honour. Shannon, Francis Boyle, Viscount, 1623-1699. 1689 (1689) Wing S2965A; ESTC R38898 101,219 214

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