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virtue_n advantage_n good_a great_a 806 5 2.4173 3 false
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A44704 The lady's new-years gift, or, Advice to a daughter Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695. 1688 (1688) Wing H305; ESTC R26777 36,468 171

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