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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23688	The art of contentment by the author of The whole duty of man, &c.	Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.	1675 (1675)	Wing A1087; ESTC R227993	88,824	224

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