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truth_n know_v speak_v word_n 9,131 5 4.2861 4 true
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A42576 A second letter to Father Lewis Sabran, Jesuite in answer to his reply. Gee, Edward, 1657-1730. 1688 (1688) Wing G460; ESTC R9551 13,276 18

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