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Page 173
Waller has in this speech quoted Hooker in one passage ; and in another has copied him , without quoting . ' Religion , ' says Waller , ' ought to be the first thing in our purpose and desires ; but that which is first in dignity is not ...
Waller has in this speech quoted Hooker in one passage ; and in another has copied him , without quoting . ' Religion , ' says Waller , ' ought to be the first thing in our purpose and desires ; but that which is first in dignity is not ...
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Port- land sent ( June 29 ) a letter to the Lords , to tell them , that he ' is in custody , as he conceives , without any charge ; and that , by what Mr. Waller hath threatened him with since he was imprisoned , he doth apprehend a ...
Port- land sent ( June 29 ) a letter to the Lords , to tell them , that he ' is in custody , as he conceives , without any charge ; and that , by what Mr. Waller hath threatened him with since he was imprisoned , he doth apprehend a ...
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In the first parliament summoned by Charles the Second ( March 8 , 1661 ) , Waller sat for Hastings in Sussex , and served for different places in all the parlia- ments of that reign . In a time when fancy and gaiety were the most ...
In the first parliament summoned by Charles the Second ( March 8 , 1661 ) , Waller sat for Hastings in Sussex , and served for different places in all the parlia- ments of that reign . In a time when fancy and gaiety were the most ...
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