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... . It has been often painted , but few have cared to look under the noisome vail of it for the heroisms of the time , though these were not wanting . The visitation passed away ; the panic abated . The Noncon- PREFACE . xi.
... . It has been often painted , but few have cared to look under the noisome vail of it for the heroisms of the time , though these were not wanting . The visitation passed away ; the panic abated . The Noncon- PREFACE . xi.
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A Tale of the Puritans Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret). visitation passed away ; the panic abated . The Noncon- formists who had ventured forth in the heat of the day , to bear the burden which many of their successors feared to bear , were ...
A Tale of the Puritans Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret). visitation passed away ; the panic abated . The Noncon- formists who had ventured forth in the heat of the day , to bear the burden which many of their successors feared to bear , were ...
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... passed away , leaving behind them only books innumerable , and a memory devout and holy . While the more violent spirits in the northern quar- ter of the empire have left the stamp of their mind upon their country still . There is ...
... passed away , leaving behind them only books innumerable , and a memory devout and holy . While the more violent spirits in the northern quar- ter of the empire have left the stamp of their mind upon their country still . There is ...
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... passed . He was a tall , athletic man , spare and strong , such an one as you would choose from a crowd to endure and do to the uttermost , for whatever was dear to him . Happily the thing dear above all others to the stout soul of ...
... passed . He was a tall , athletic man , spare and strong , such an one as you would choose from a crowd to endure and do to the uttermost , for whatever was dear to him . Happily the thing dear above all others to the stout soul of ...
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... . The first church they passed was open ; from its doors poured a stream of people , newly dismissed from one of the many solemn services of that fear - stricken time . The preacher , a dark , grave man , wearing over 48 CALEB FIELD .
... . The first church they passed was open ; from its doors poured a stream of people , newly dismissed from one of the many solemn services of that fear - stricken time . The preacher , a dark , grave man , wearing over 48 CALEB FIELD .
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