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... thofe about her think he was infpired . The parfon of the parish , hoping to draw ad- vantages from this , engaged her for his purpose , and taught her fo to counterfeit thofe fits , if they were ever real , that he became very ready at ...
... thofe about her think he was infpired . The parfon of the parish , hoping to draw ad- vantages from this , engaged her for his purpose , and taught her fo to counterfeit thofe fits , if they were ever real , that he became very ready at ...
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... thofe that fuffered with her ; and concluded her life , begging par- don both of God and the King . " If this impofture had fallen out in a darker age , in which the world went mad after vifions , the King might have loft his crown by ...
... thofe that fuffered with her ; and concluded her life , begging par- don both of God and the King . " If this impofture had fallen out in a darker age , in which the world went mad after vifions , the King might have loft his crown by ...
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... thofe that would be called Whigs ) are attach- ed by focial connections , and accustomed to profcribe all but their own creatures , are as dangerous as the perfons whose joyless imaginations are filled with antres vaft and defarts wild ...
... thofe that would be called Whigs ) are attach- ed by focial connections , and accustomed to profcribe all but their own creatures , are as dangerous as the perfons whose joyless imaginations are filled with antres vaft and defarts wild ...
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... thofe quarters where they are most vulnerable ; but before they are ready to en- counter us in thofe regions , we fhall have gained vaft accef- fions of ftrength . The diftrefs of America , at the prefent juncture is obvious ; their ...
... thofe quarters where they are most vulnerable ; but before they are ready to en- counter us in thofe regions , we fhall have gained vaft accef- fions of ftrength . The diftrefs of America , at the prefent juncture is obvious ; their ...
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... thofe in the English language , are not only vague and confuled , but fo erroneous in many effential particulars as to be of but doubtful authority in all . A complete aceount of these people is fearcely ever to be expected . We have no ...
... thofe in the English language , are not only vague and confuled , but fo erroneous in many effential particulars as to be of but doubtful authority in all . A complete aceount of these people is fearcely ever to be expected . We have no ...
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Page 344 - The Lord looketh from heaven ; he beholdeth all the sons of men. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Page 140 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is bless'd in what it takes and what it gives ; The joy unequall'd if its end it gain, And, if it lose, attended with no pain ; Without satiety...
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