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water_n cold_a hot_a moist_a 5,078 5 10.3751 5 false
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A41736 The critick written originally in Spanish by Lorenzo Gracian ... ; and translated into English by Paul Rycaut, Esq.; Criticón. English Gracián y Morales, Baltasar, 1601-1658.; Rycaut, Paul, Sir, 1628-1700. 1681 (1681) Wing G1470; ESTC R23428 159,995 290

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