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... inftances , the por- traiture feems confiderably over - charged , -the outline carica- tured , and the colouring too much ... inftance of how far the hu man mind and character may be depraved and corrupted , by the baneful influence of a ...
... inftances , the por- traiture feems confiderably over - charged , -the outline carica- tured , and the colouring too much ... inftance of how far the hu man mind and character may be depraved and corrupted , by the baneful influence of a ...
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... inftance of his goodnefs and wifdom . I therefore incline more to another received definition of Divine juftice , which expreffes with greater precifion the ideas ufually at- tached to that term . The infinite juftice of God ( according ...
... inftance of his goodnefs and wifdom . I therefore incline more to another received definition of Divine juftice , which expreffes with greater precifion the ideas ufually at- tached to that term . The infinite juftice of God ( according ...
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... in- ftance was his difcovering in one fhort converfation with one Cap- tain Giles ( a great favorite with the Lord Generall , and whome he moft moft confided in ) , that although his words were 86 The Poetry of Anna Matilda .
... in- ftance was his difcovering in one fhort converfation with one Cap- tain Giles ( a great favorite with the Lord Generall , and whome he moft moft confided in ) , that although his words were 86 The Poetry of Anna Matilda .
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... inftance I will here fett down , being of the fame fort , as to his cunning . When I tooke the Lord Piercy att Andover , having att that time an inconvenient diftemper , I defired Collonell Cromwell to enter- taine him with fome ...
... inftance I will here fett down , being of the fame fort , as to his cunning . When I tooke the Lord Piercy att Andover , having att that time an inconvenient diftemper , I defired Collonell Cromwell to enter- taine him with fome ...
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... inftances to be fairly and faithfully extracted from the writers to whom this author refers , the little collection which ... inftance , is the intention of his laft queftion , • Whether it is fafest for the people to adhere to the old ...
... inftances to be fairly and faithfully extracted from the writers to whom this author refers , the little collection which ... inftance , is the intention of his laft queftion , • Whether it is fafest for the people to adhere to the old ...
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