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... continued to discharge his professional du- ties till he fell a victim to an irregular gout , and a wa- ter in his chest , on the 25th of June 1802 , in the 66th year of his age . If his lectures wanted the charms of an eloquent ...
... continued to discharge his professional du- ties till he fell a victim to an irregular gout , and a wa- ter in his chest , on the 25th of June 1802 , in the 66th year of his age . If his lectures wanted the charms of an eloquent ...
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... continued to this day , if gunpowder had not been found out ; but the violence of the guns and mortars soon convinced the world , that such towers and walls were but a weak defence against these thun- dering engines ; and besides , as ...
... continued to this day , if gunpowder had not been found out ; but the violence of the guns and mortars soon convinced the world , that such towers and walls were but a weak defence against these thun- dering engines ; and besides , as ...
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... continued till within a short time of his death , with such a degree of popularity as few dissenters at that time experienced . In 1732 appeared his valuable work , entitled " The usefulness , truth , and excellency of the Christian ...
... continued till within a short time of his death , with such a degree of popularity as few dissenters at that time experienced . In 1732 appeared his valuable work , entitled " The usefulness , truth , and excellency of the Christian ...
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... continued to preach till the beginning of 1752 , when he had another attack , which seems to have been of a paralytic nature . After declining for some time , he expired like a genuine Christian on the 5th of Novem- ber , in the 55th ...
... continued to preach till the beginning of 1752 , when he had another attack , which seems to have been of a paralytic nature . After declining for some time , he expired like a genuine Christian on the 5th of Novem- ber , in the 55th ...
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... continued to pour in from their native country in such multitudes , that Gallienus , no longer able to drive them out by force of arms , made advantageous proposals to one of their chiefs , whom he engaged to defend the frontiers ...
... continued to pour in from their native country in such multitudes , that Gallienus , no longer able to drive them out by force of arms , made advantageous proposals to one of their chiefs , whom he engaged to defend the frontiers ...
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Page 241 - When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son ! . Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
Page 384 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Page 17 - But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies : these are the things which defile a man : but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
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Page 11 - ... which they hold in their other hand upon the same dish, so that whatsoever he be that sitting in the company of any others at...