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Page 169
... taken most of the circum- stances of human life into your consideration , we the underwritten thought it not improper for us also to represent to you our condition . We are three ladies who live in the country , and the greatest improve ...
... taken most of the circum- stances of human life into your consideration , we the underwritten thought it not improper for us also to represent to you our condition . We are three ladies who live in the country , and the greatest improve ...
Page 177
... taken out of the poetical parts of scripture . The Messiah's chariot , as I have before taken notice , is formed upon a vision of Ezekiel , who , as Grotius observes , has very much in him of Homer's spirit in the poetical parts of his ...
... taken out of the poetical parts of scripture . The Messiah's chariot , as I have before taken notice , is formed upon a vision of Ezekiel , who , as Grotius observes , has very much in him of Homer's spirit in the poetical parts of his ...
Page 269
... taken notice how the tradition on which it was founded authorizes those parts in it which appear most exceptionable . I hope the length of this reflec tion will not make it unacceptable to the curious part of my readers . The history ...
... taken notice how the tradition on which it was founded authorizes those parts in it which appear most exceptionable . I hope the length of this reflec tion will not make it unacceptable to the curious part of my readers . The history ...
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