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truth_n know_v see_v world_n 4,606 5 4.6472 4 true
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A30937 Nassau a poem occasion'd by the peace / by Thomas Barker ... Barker, Thomas, b. 1664 or 5. 1698 (1698) Wing B787; ESTC R17077 6,740 13

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