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truth_n call_v father_n spirit_n 3,550 5 5.4517 4 true
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A50858 A beame of light darted thorough [sic] the clouds, or, Truth breaking forth from under a veil by Joshua Miller. Miller, Joshua, 17th cent. 1650 (1650) Wing M2062; ESTC R35047 30,283 75

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