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... seemed to have an inex- pressible source of divine flame and vigor . " His literary activity was extraordinary . In a single year , besides keeping twenty fasts and discharging all the duties of a laborious pastorate , he published ...
... seemed to have an inex- pressible source of divine flame and vigor . " His literary activity was extraordinary . In a single year , besides keeping twenty fasts and discharging all the duties of a laborious pastorate , he published ...
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... seemed to be , as it were , a calm , sweet cast , or appearance of divine glory , in almost every thing . " 109. Preacher and Tutor . After graduating , he spent nearly two years at the college in theological study . At the age of nine ...
... seemed to be , as it were , a calm , sweet cast , or appearance of divine glory , in almost every thing . " 109. Preacher and Tutor . After graduating , he spent nearly two years at the college in theological study . At the age of nine ...
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... seemed to promise light in any weighty point ; thus penning what appeared to me my best thoughts , on innumerable subjects , for my own benefit . " In the same letter he speaks of a great work that he had on his ' mind and heart ...
... seemed to promise light in any weighty point ; thus penning what appeared to me my best thoughts , on innumerable subjects , for my own benefit . " In the same letter he speaks of a great work that he had on his ' mind and heart ...
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... seemed impossible to secure unanimity of action at that time , a final vote was post- poned till the first of July . Meanwhile , a committee , consisting of Thomas Jefferson , John Adams , Benjamin Franklin , Roger Sherman , and Robert ...
... seemed impossible to secure unanimity of action at that time , a final vote was post- poned till the first of July . Meanwhile , a committee , consisting of Thomas Jefferson , John Adams , Benjamin Franklin , Roger Sherman , and Robert ...
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... seemed to be rapidly drifting to destruction . No longer held together by a sense of common danger , the Confederation was on the point of disintegrating . There was no adequate revenue ; the debts of the government were unprovided for ...
... seemed to be rapidly drifting to destruction . No longer held together by a sense of common danger , the Confederation was on the point of disintegrating . There was no adequate revenue ; the debts of the government were unprovided for ...
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