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woman_n child_n father_n husband_n 2,353 5 7.6576 4 true
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A77334 I pray you be not angry: for I will make you merry A pleasant and merry dialogue between two travellers, as they met on the highway. Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626? 1650 (1650) Wing B4386A; ESTC R229776 12,927 16

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