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truth_n believe_v think_v true_a 1,747 5 4.4832 4 false
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A30838 Cyrus the Great, or, The tragedy of love as it is acted at the theatre in Little-Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, by His Majesty's servants / written by John Banks. Banks, John, d. 1706. 1696 (1696) Wing B656; ESTC R17203 42,740 68

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