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A29300 The triumph of love over fortune a pleasant novel / written in French by that great wit of France, M. St. Bremond ; and translated into English by a person of quality.; Triomphe de l'amour sur le destin. English Brémond, Gabriel de.; Person of quality. 1678 (1678) Wing B4357; ESTC R1287 48,728 160

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