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... body of the land from north coast to south , was territory England was seeking to keep or bring under control by pact or treaty , by acts of warfare , and by a policy of plantation , renewed with vigour in Elizabeth's reign . Over this ...
... body of the land from north coast to south , was territory England was seeking to keep or bring under control by pact or treaty , by acts of warfare , and by a policy of plantation , renewed with vigour in Elizabeth's reign . Over this ...
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... body is full of light . " ) From unity or 1 , which is single , proceeds diversity or more - than - oneness , which can be doubleness or duplicity or multiplicity of falsehood . I is not number and of no sex . In the planetary week 1 is ...
... body is full of light . " ) From unity or 1 , which is single , proceeds diversity or more - than - oneness , which can be doubleness or duplicity or multiplicity of falsehood . I is not number and of no sex . In the planetary week 1 is ...
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... body , soul and spirit , but the body was no longer held to be only the ' gross tenement of clay ' , the domain of the senses that had to be subjected , the flesh that was corruptible , of little value in itself and a constant source of ...
... body , soul and spirit , but the body was no longer held to be only the ' gross tenement of clay ' , the domain of the senses that had to be subjected , the flesh that was corruptible , of little value in itself and a constant source of ...
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