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Page 77
... engaged . Pompey's infantry , being thus doubly at- tacked in front by fresh troops , and in rear by the victorious . cohorts , could no longer resist , but fled to their camp . The right wing , however , still valiantly maintained ...
... engaged . Pompey's infantry , being thus doubly at- tacked in front by fresh troops , and in rear by the victorious . cohorts , could no longer resist , but fled to their camp . The right wing , however , still valiantly maintained ...
Page 123
... engaged in this same enterprise . Some of them went clad in sackcloth , with their heads and feet bare . They flew from kingdom to kingdom with in- credible speed , promising to each soldier of the cross , at least , the eternal ...
... engaged in this same enterprise . Some of them went clad in sackcloth , with their heads and feet bare . They flew from kingdom to kingdom with in- credible speed , promising to each soldier of the cross , at least , the eternal ...
Page 154
... engaged in the army , and scarce deserve the name of a Christian . But the Almighty has given me grace to see myself in the true light , and made me sensible of my fault ; and I hope he will be pleased to accept my life as the only ...
... engaged in the army , and scarce deserve the name of a Christian . But the Almighty has given me grace to see myself in the true light , and made me sensible of my fault ; and I hope he will be pleased to accept my life as the only ...
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