Letters Concerning the English NationL. Davis and C. Reymers; R. Baldwin, and S. Crowder and Company, 1760 - 255 páginas |
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... matters fo far , that he formed , by infen- fible degrees , a fociety of young Quakers , who met at his houfe ; fo that he was at the head of a fect when a little above twenty . * 1666 . + Thomas Loe . BEING return'd , after his leaving ...
... matters fo far , that he formed , by infen- fible degrees , a fociety of young Quakers , who met at his houfe ; fo that he was at the head of a fect when a little above twenty . * 1666 . + Thomas Loe . BEING return'd , after his leaving ...
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... matters in favour of the commerce of Penfilvania . But he never fawit again , he dying in Ruf- comb in Berkshire , anno 1718 . I AM not able to guess what fate Qua- kerifm may have in America , but I perceive it dwindles away daily in ...
... matters in favour of the commerce of Penfilvania . But he never fawit again , he dying in Ruf- comb in Berkshire , anno 1718 . I AM not able to guess what fate Qua- kerifm may have in America , but I perceive it dwindles away daily in ...
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... matters , to sentence impious books from time to time to the flames , that is , books written against them- felves . The miniftry , which is now com- pos'd of Whigs , does not so much as allow thofe gentlemen to affemble , fo that they ...
... matters , to sentence impious books from time to time to the flames , that is , books written against them- felves . The miniftry , which is now com- pos'd of Whigs , does not so much as allow thofe gentlemen to affemble , fo that they ...
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... matters civil and criminal ; nor a right or privilege of hunt- ing in the grounds of a citizen , who at the fame time is not permitted to fire a gun in his own field . No one is exempted in this country from paying certain taxes ...
... matters civil and criminal ; nor a right or privilege of hunt- ing in the grounds of a citizen , who at the fame time is not permitted to fire a gun in his own field . No one is exempted in this country from paying certain taxes ...
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... , have been allow'd to clear up that matter :) " He was fo " great a man , replied his lordship , that " I have forgot his Vices . " I SHALL I SHALL therefore confine myself to those things which fo 70 LETTERS concerning.
... , have been allow'd to clear up that matter :) " He was fo " great a man , replied his lordship , that " I have forgot his Vices . " I SHALL I SHALL therefore confine myself to those things which fo 70 LETTERS concerning.
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Página 170 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
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Página 171 - She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head. Two handmaids wait the throne: alike in place, But differing far in figure and in face.