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the time of Defoe's great work,
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also witnessed in Britain
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the publication of the work of one of the most famous
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of all writers on the theme of ars moriendi,
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the art of dying;
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that was the extraordinary Anglican preacher and bishop,
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Jeremy Taylor,
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who lived from 1613 to 1667,
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and wrote two major works,
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both of which have gone through edition after edition,
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they were so popular and so influential.
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The first was called