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truth_n better_a doubt_v great_a 88 3 2.0647 3 false
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A44807 Remarks upon a pamphlet stiled, A letter to a dissenter, &c. in another letter to the same dissenter. Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695. 1687 (1687) Wing H318; ESTC R21462 8,285 14

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