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kingdom_n great_a see_v time_n 4,483 5 3.2984 3 true
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A34731 Counsel to the true English, or, A word of advice to the Jacobites by a true member of the Church of England, as by law establish'd, in a letter to a friend. True member of the Church of England. 1691 (1691) Wing C6516; ESTC R15946 11,192 12

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