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virtue_n draw_v iron_n loadstone_n 1,525 5 13.0457 5 true
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A39031 The excellent woman described by her true characters and their opposites Dorrington, Theophilus, d. 1715. 1692 (1692) Wing E3838; ESTC R21842 158,291 335

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