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... principle on which the royal fucceffes had been founded was every day acquired , more and more , by the oppo- fite party . The king's troops , full of gentry and nobility , had exerted a valour superior to their ene- mies , and had ...
... principle on which the royal fucceffes had been founded was every day acquired , more and more , by the oppo- fite party . The king's troops , full of gentry and nobility , had exerted a valour superior to their ene- mies , and had ...
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... principles which depreffed the dignity of the crown , had inlifted under the royal standard . But it is ob- fervable that , though the military profeffion re- quires great genius , and long experience , in the principal commanders , all ...
... principles which depreffed the dignity of the crown , had inlifted under the royal standard . But it is ob- fervable that , though the military profeffion re- quires great genius , and long experience , in the principal commanders , all ...
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... principle , were derived , by a neceffary confequence , all the other differences of these two fects . THE ... principles , each con- gregation , united voluntarily and by fpiritual ties , compofed , within itself , a separate ...
... principle , were derived , by a neceffary confequence , all the other differences of these two fects . THE ... principles , each con- gregation , united voluntarily and by fpiritual ties , compofed , within itself , a separate ...
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... principle , their doctrine and practice of perfecution : The prefbyterians , imagin- ing that fuch clear and certain ... principles of toleration . Their mind , fet afloat in the wide fea of infpiration , could confine itfelf within no ...
... principle , their doctrine and practice of perfecution : The prefbyterians , imagin- ing that fuch clear and certain ... principles of toleration . Their mind , fet afloat in the wide fea of infpiration , could confine itfelf within no ...
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... principles with regard to government and religion . And the great fuc- cefs , which had already attended the arms of the parliament , and the greater , which was foon expect- ed , confirmed them ftill further in this obftinacy . SIR ...
... principles with regard to government and religion . And the great fuc- cefs , which had already attended the arms of the parliament , and the greater , which was foon expect- ed , confirmed them ftill further in this obftinacy . SIR ...
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