A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 3George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton, 1855 |
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... gave them much good advice , and discoursed of his death with unusual seriousness . He told them he was now ready whenever his Lord should call , and that he had finished all he ever designed to write , having only the night before sent ...
... gave them much good advice , and discoursed of his death with unusual seriousness . He told them he was now ready whenever his Lord should call , and that he had finished all he ever designed to write , having only the night before sent ...
Page 307
... gave it to the world . Though the doctrines it contained were by no means new in practice , and were , we are willing to hope , generally scouted in theory , yet the originality and ingenuity displayed in enforcing them attracted great ...
... gave it to the world . Though the doctrines it contained were by no means new in practice , and were , we are willing to hope , generally scouted in theory , yet the originality and ingenuity displayed in enforcing them attracted great ...
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... gave way to plain experimental demonstration ; and men of letters were thence- forth constrained either to remain satisfied with the less laborious branches of study , or to pursue science with modest and cautious assi- duity . When we ...
... gave way to plain experimental demonstration ; and men of letters were thence- forth constrained either to remain satisfied with the less laborious branches of study , or to pursue science with modest and cautious assi- duity . When we ...
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