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truth_n good_a know_v way_n 3,572 5 4.6567 4 true
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A65330 The Way to heaven in a string, or, Mr. A--'s argument burlesqu'd a poem. Canto I. 1700 (1700) Wing W1169; ESTC R10590 3,813 12

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