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father_n husband_n mother_n wife_n 20,403 5 8.3061 4 false
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B23327 Scarron's city romance made English.; Roman bourgeois. English Furetière, Antoine, 1619-1688.; Scarron, Monsieur, 1610-1660. 1671 (1671) Wing F2540; ESTC R40251 125,110 254

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