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A57578 The happiness of a quiet mind both in youth and old age, with the way to attain it in a discourse occasioned by the death of Mrs. Martha Hasselborn who died March 13th, 1695/6, in the 95th year of her age / By Timothy Rogers ... Rogers, Timothy, 1658-1728. 1696 (1696) Wing R1851; ESTC R11977 40,028 114

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