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A36972 An essay towards the theory of the intelligible world intuitively considered designed for forty-nine parts : Part III : consisting of a preface, a postscript, and a little something between / by Gabriel John ; enriched with a faithful account of his ideal voyage, and illustrated with poems by several hands, as likewise with other strange things not insufferably clever, nor furiously to the purpose. D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723. 1700 (1700) Wing D2721; ESTC T139705 74,146 239

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