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truth_n life_n live_v way_n 4,654 5 5.6415 4 true
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A44112 Some remains of John Hogg in two parts, the first being an answer to a letter writ to him by Tho. Markham, the second, a continuation and more full discourse of the matters treated of in the said answer &c / published by a friend of the author's since his death. Hogg, John, 17th cent. 1698 (1698) Wing H2368B; ESTC R31114 32,954 63

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