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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47332	The life of the Reverend Anthony Horneck, D.D., late preacher at the Savoy by Richard Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells.	Kidder, Richard, 1633-1703.	1698 (1698)	Wing K407; ESTC R31552	23,210	63

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