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truth_n great_a know_v world_n 4,002 5 4.4108 4 true
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A35785 The husband forc'd to be jealous, or, The good fortune of those women that have jealous husbands a translation by N. H. Villedieu, Madame de, d. 1683. 1668 (1668) Wing D1188A; ESTC R32399 35,642 170

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