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Page 139
... equal to the original , and was not only used by the Jews in their dispersion through the Grecian cities , but approved by the great Sanhedrim at Je- rusalem , and quoted and referred to by our blessed Savior and his apostles . 3. The ...
... equal to the original , and was not only used by the Jews in their dispersion through the Grecian cities , but approved by the great Sanhedrim at Je- rusalem , and quoted and referred to by our blessed Savior and his apostles . 3. The ...
Page 212
... equal grace . Her taste for music was just , and she both sung and played upon the lute with uncommon skill . To- wards the close of her life , long confinement and the coldness of the houses in which she had been imprisoned , brought ...
... equal grace . Her taste for music was just , and she both sung and played upon the lute with uncommon skill . To- wards the close of her life , long confinement and the coldness of the houses in which she had been imprisoned , brought ...
Page 253
... equal to 15,000 dollars now , besides a demand on the CROWN , for loans made by his father , to the amount of 16,0007 . ster- ling , equal , as money now goes , to two hundred thousand dol- lars . 13. In consequence of some difficulty ...
... equal to 15,000 dollars now , besides a demand on the CROWN , for loans made by his father , to the amount of 16,0007 . ster- ling , equal , as money now goes , to two hundred thousand dol- lars . 13. In consequence of some difficulty ...
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