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truth_n believe_v see_v word_n 4,495 5 4.2390 3 true
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A29290 The cheating gallant, or, The false Count Brion a pleasant novel / translated from the French. Brémond, Gabriel de. 1677 (1677) Wing B4345; ESTC R34278 41,177 161

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