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Page 109
... pass through some of them , but not all , and what they cannot get now , they feed themselves with a false hope they shall hereafter : they are con- tent to be called Precisians , and fools , and crazy brains , but they want brokenness ...
... pass through some of them , but not all , and what they cannot get now , they feed themselves with a false hope they shall hereafter : they are con- tent to be called Precisians , and fools , and crazy brains , but they want brokenness ...
Page 748
... pass upon him a direct and palpable insult , such as no man , pretending to the character of a gentleman , could overlook without being dishonored . There are some men who possess that amiable philosophy which putteth up with insult ...
... pass upon him a direct and palpable insult , such as no man , pretending to the character of a gentleman , could overlook without being dishonored . There are some men who possess that amiable philosophy which putteth up with insult ...
Page 911
... pass resolutions other than those which affect their own police , or , in a moral sense , even to make speeches , except on subjects on which they have a right to pass laws . The instant they exceed these limits , they ex- ceed the ...
... pass resolutions other than those which affect their own police , or , in a moral sense , even to make speeches , except on subjects on which they have a right to pass laws . The instant they exceed these limits , they ex- ceed the ...
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