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Page 11
... took his stand on the debatable ground . He left the whole in ambiguity . He has doubtless , by so do- on the cross , that the prejudices of the Sy- nagogue , and the doubts of the Academy , and the pride of the Portico , and the fasces ...
... took his stand on the debatable ground . He left the whole in ambiguity . He has doubtless , by so do- on the cross , that the prejudices of the Sy- nagogue , and the doubts of the Academy , and the pride of the Portico , and the fasces ...
Page 17
... took his little son on his knee and kissed him ! We censure him for having violated the articles of the Petition of Right , after having , for good and valuable consideration , promised to observe them ; and we are in- formed that he ...
... took his little son on his knee and kissed him ! We censure him for having violated the articles of the Petition of Right , after having , for good and valuable consideration , promised to observe them ; and we are in- formed that he ...
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... took his seat in the council , or girt on his sword for war , these tem- pestuous workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them . People who saw nothing of the godly but their uncouth visages , and heard nothing from ...
... took his seat in the council , or girt on his sword for war , these tem- pestuous workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them . People who saw nothing of the godly but their uncouth visages , and heard nothing from ...
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... took shelter under the protection of the powerful commonwealths which they were unable to oppose , and gradually sank into the mass of burghers . In other places they possessed great influence ; but it was an influence widely different ...
... took shelter under the protection of the powerful commonwealths which they were unable to oppose , and gradually sank into the mass of burghers . In other places they possessed great influence ; but it was an influence widely different ...
Page 71
... took the side of the King on this ques- tion would have cursed their own loyalty , if they had seen him return from war at the head of twenty thousand troops , accustomed to carnage and free quarters in Ireland . We think , with Mr ...
... took the side of the King on this ques- tion would have cursed their own loyalty , if they had seen him return from war at the head of twenty thousand troops , accustomed to carnage and free quarters in Ireland . We think , with Mr ...
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