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Page 17
... mind as pure as the original frailty of our vile nature will permit , means not , I trust , that she shall con- tinue to the end to be a vessel of wrath and per- dition . Of your father I say nothing - be is what the times and example ...
... mind as pure as the original frailty of our vile nature will permit , means not , I trust , that she shall con- tinue to the end to be a vessel of wrath and per- dition . Of your father I say nothing - be is what the times and example ...
Page 27
... mind was such , that he could scarce reply to the importunate civilities of Dame Debo- rah ; who , seated with them at table in her qua- lity of gouvernante , now dispensed the good things which had been prepared under her own eye . As ...
... mind was such , that he could scarce reply to the importunate civilities of Dame Debo- rah ; who , seated with them at table in her qua- lity of gouvernante , now dispensed the good things which had been prepared under her own eye . As ...
Page 31
... mind awakened into energy , and to see it assume the authority which is its due over spirits more mean- ly endowed . » << I once witnessed , " said Bridgenorth , « some- thing to the same effect ; and as the tale is brief , I will tell ...
... mind awakened into energy , and to see it assume the authority which is its due over spirits more mean- ly endowed . » << I once witnessed , " said Bridgenorth , « some- thing to the same effect ; and as the tale is brief , I will tell ...
Page 32
... minds . There I remained for a time , during the wars which the colony main- tained with Philip , a great Indian Chief , or Sa- chem , as they were called , who seemed a mes- senger sent from Satan to buffet them . His cruelty was great ...
... minds . There I remained for a time , during the wars which the colony main- tained with Philip , a great Indian Chief , or Sa- chem , as they were called , who seemed a mes- senger sent from Satan to buffet them . His cruelty was great ...
Page 33
... mind was altogether given to worldly gain , was shot and scalped as he was summing his weakly gains in his warehouse . In fine , there was much damage done , and although our arrival and entrance into combat did in some sort put them ...
... mind was altogether given to worldly gain , was shot and scalped as he was summing his weakly gains in his warehouse . In fine , there was much damage done , and although our arrival and entrance into combat did in some sort put them ...
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