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... destroy . Each set of fanatics are right in their own conceit , and detest all who think differently . The intelligence of the present day has stopped the effusion of blood among Christian nations by fanatics , and dispelled much of the ...
... destroy . Each set of fanatics are right in their own conceit , and detest all who think differently . The intelligence of the present day has stopped the effusion of blood among Christian nations by fanatics , and dispelled much of the ...
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... destroyed , or in the destruction of human life . In the years 982 , 1087 , 1132 , and 1136 , nearly the whole of the city of London was destroyed by fire . On the 10th of July , 1212 , the London bridge was burnt , 1 and two thousand ...
... destroyed , or in the destruction of human life . In the years 982 , 1087 , 1132 , and 1136 , nearly the whole of the city of London was destroyed by fire . On the 10th of July , 1212 , the London bridge was burnt , 1 and two thousand ...
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... destroyed , including an East India warehouse , in which were thirty - five thousand bags of saltpetre , but history ... destroyed ten thousand houses . During the year 1791 , at different fires , thirty thousand houses were destroyed in ...
... destroyed , including an East India warehouse , in which were thirty - five thousand bags of saltpetre , but history ... destroyed ten thousand houses . During the year 1791 , at different fires , thirty thousand houses were destroyed in ...
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... destroyed by fire , communicated by lightning . On the 7th of June , 1796 , another fire occurred there , destroying a large magazine of naval stores , and one hundred vessels . Moscow , in Russia , founded , in 1147 , was fired by the ...
... destroyed by fire , communicated by lightning . On the 7th of June , 1796 , another fire occurred there , destroying a large magazine of naval stores , and one hundred vessels . Moscow , in Russia , founded , in 1147 , was fired by the ...
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... destroyed three hundred houses . Many other fires occurred at different periods , consuming from twenty to sixty houses at a time , pre- vious to 1835 , when greater damage was done than at any former fire . The destruction was ...
... destroyed three hundred houses . Many other fires occurred at different periods , consuming from twenty to sixty houses at a time , pre- vious to 1835 , when greater damage was done than at any former fire . The destruction was ...
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