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Page 64
... thought in our author , to ascribe the first use of artillery to the rebel angels . But as such a pernicious invention may be well supposed to have proceeded from such authors , so it enters very properly into the thoughts of that being ...
... thought in our author , to ascribe the first use of artillery to the rebel angels . But as such a pernicious invention may be well supposed to have proceeded from such authors , so it enters very properly into the thoughts of that being ...
Page 206
... thoughts of settling in it , as the phrase is . To tell you truly , I have several times tried my fortune that way , though I cannot much boast of my success . ' I made my first addresses to a young lady in the country ; but , when I ...
... thoughts of settling in it , as the phrase is . To tell you truly , I have several times tried my fortune that way , though I cannot much boast of my success . ' I made my first addresses to a young lady in the country ; but , when I ...
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... thought a good Englishman , as well as a good clergyman . This character I thought would be transmitted by the following sermons , which were made for and preached in a private audience , when I could think of nothing else but doing my ...
... thought a good Englishman , as well as a good clergyman . This character I thought would be transmitted by the following sermons , which were made for and preached in a private audience , when I could think of nothing else but doing my ...
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