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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43648	An apology for the new separation in a letter to Dr. John Sharpe, Archbishop of York, occasioned by his farewell-sermon, preached on the 28th of June, at St. Giles's in the Fields.	Hickes, George, 1642-1715.	1691 (1691)	Wing H1841; ESTC R12652	21,953	20

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