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Page 53
... cause for thankfulness that he lives in a country where the most perfect form of government is established of any in the known world ? But , not to detain Mr. Urban with trite observations on a subject , which to do justice to I feel ...
... cause for thankfulness that he lives in a country where the most perfect form of government is established of any in the known world ? But , not to detain Mr. Urban with trite observations on a subject , which to do justice to I feel ...
Page 237
... caused to put her hand upon him , he started and sprang out twice or thrice as before . It would be tedious to record the particulars of a variety of other experiments which were tried , with a view of tracing the cause of the boy's ...
... caused to put her hand upon him , he started and sprang out twice or thrice as before . It would be tedious to record the particulars of a variety of other experiments which were tried , with a view of tracing the cause of the boy's ...
Page 301
... cause he could not confess any thing ; then was he immediately released of the bootes , brought before the King ... caused the said gentleman that once in twenty - four hours he fell into a lunacy and madness , and so continued one whole ...
... cause he could not confess any thing ; then was he immediately released of the bootes , brought before the King ... caused the said gentleman that once in twenty - four hours he fell into a lunacy and madness , and so continued one whole ...
Contents
General Notes on Festivals | 3 |
DAYS AND SEASONScontinued | 8 |
Festivals held before the Reformation | 10 |
Copyright | |
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