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heart_n behold_v eye_n look_v 2,539 5 5.6981 4 false
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A27305 Oroonoko, or, The royal slave : a true history / by Mrs. A. Behn. Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. 1688 (1688) Wing B1749; ESTC R4474 60,838 238

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