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... lived as of the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring a private person at Hamburg ; from which seclusion he was ap- Classes : " Depend upon it , the interests of classes too often pointed to be superintendent - general at ...
... lived as of the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring a private person at Hamburg ; from which seclusion he was ap- Classes : " Depend upon it , the interests of classes too often pointed to be superintendent - general at ...
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... lived in the reigns of Charles II . , James II . , William III . , Anne , and George I. " His literary activity was almost entirely controversial , and he appears as the advocate of Presbytery against Episcopacy , and labours to ...
... lived in the reigns of Charles II . , James II . , William III . , Anne , and George I. " His literary activity was almost entirely controversial , and he appears as the advocate of Presbytery against Episcopacy , and labours to ...
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... lived almost an ascetic life , but was liberal to the church and to the poor . Andrea was the greatest authority of the age on the subject of the decretals . He wrote several works , which are still valued for their learning , but more ...
... lived almost an ascetic life , but was liberal to the church and to the poor . Andrea was the greatest authority of the age on the subject of the decretals . He wrote several works , which are still valued for their learning , but more ...
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... lived for some years in Switzerland , and to have erected several buildings there . In Paris he appears to have established himself in the first instance as a builder and contractor . He made himself known by the skilful construction of ...
... lived for some years in Switzerland , and to have erected several buildings there . In Paris he appears to have established himself in the first instance as a builder and contractor . He made himself known by the skilful construction of ...
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... lived on , over his 91st birthday , which was celebrated as a festival , till he passed away on the 29th of January , 1860. A fine bronze statue of him , by Affinger , was erected by the subscription of " the German people ...
... lived on , over his 91st birthday , which was celebrated as a festival , till he passed away on the 29th of January , 1860. A fine bronze statue of him , by Affinger , was erected by the subscription of " the German people ...
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