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truth_n body_n faith_n soul_n 1,997 5 5.1026 4 false
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A47409 Poems, elegies, paradoxes, and sonets; Selections. 1664 King, Henry, 1592-1669.; Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637. 1664 (1664) Wing K502; ESTC R22779 61,123 200

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