Retrospective Review, Volume 11Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas C. and H. Baldwyn, 1825 |
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... serve him afterwards to signify his meaning to others . " It cannot be denied , " says Sewel , " he was no good speller , but his characters being tolerable , his writing was legible . " Now it was not till long after his friends had ...
... serve him afterwards to signify his meaning to others . " It cannot be denied , " says Sewel , " he was no good speller , but his characters being tolerable , his writing was legible . " Now it was not till long after his friends had ...
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... serves on this , " Tobacco was a thing I did not love , and psalms I was not in a state to sing ; I could not sing . " Nor , indeed , do we remember his ever making the attempt , until some years after , when in prison at Carlisle ...
... serves on this , " Tobacco was a thing I did not love , and psalms I was not in a state to sing ; I could not sing . " Nor , indeed , do we remember his ever making the attempt , until some years after , when in prison at Carlisle ...
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... serving in high offices , and to keep out the papists . " Again , he observes , in Holland , some , under pretence of plainness , printed books , in which " not one capital letter was to be found ; " and after this , and some other ...
... serving in high offices , and to keep out the papists . " Again , he observes , in Holland , some , under pretence of plainness , printed books , in which " not one capital letter was to be found ; " and after this , and some other ...
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... , or the insulted feelings of the people , from which he always suffered ; a little nonsense in principle , and a little folly in conduct , both being ill - timed , served , over and over again , to shut him Life of George Fox . 15.
... , or the insulted feelings of the people , from which he always suffered ; a little nonsense in principle , and a little folly in conduct , both being ill - timed , served , over and over again , to shut him Life of George Fox . 15.
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Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas. served , over and over again , to shut him up in prison . The not observing an established courtesy by taking off his hat , was a perpetual offence to all the proud spirits in the magistracy ...
Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas. served , over and over again , to shut him up in prison . The not observing an established courtesy by taking off his hat , was a perpetual offence to all the proud spirits in the magistracy ...
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