Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n
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B05103
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News from the fleet, being a full and impartial account, of a most signal victory, obtained by Admiral Killegrew, over the French Thoulon fleet. Commanded by Monsieur Chasten Regnaut. In a letter to a person of quality.
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N. R.
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1690
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Wing R55A; ESTC R182333
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