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love_n believe_v life_n love_v 3,607 5 5.8693 4 false
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A50919 Paradise lost a poem written in ten books / by John Milton. Milton, John, 1608-1674. 1667 (1667) Wing M2137; ESTC R13460 160,733 344

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