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I acknowledge that to molest any person , Jew or Gentile , for either professing doctrine , or practicing worship merely religious or spiritual , it is ... doctrine or practice be true or false ) suffereth persecution for conscience .
I acknowledge that to molest any person , Jew or Gentile , for either professing doctrine , or practicing worship merely religious or spiritual , it is ... doctrine or practice be true or false ) suffereth persecution for conscience .
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Such are the consequences of attempting to make a local practice the standard of language in a nation . The attempt must keep the language in perpetual fluctuation , and the learner in uncertainty . If a standard therefore cannot be ...
Such are the consequences of attempting to make a local practice the standard of language in a nation . The attempt must keep the language in perpetual fluctuation , and the learner in uncertainty . If a standard therefore cannot be ...
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My design , in these dissertations , is critically to investigate the rules of pronunciation in our language ; to examine the past and present practice of the English , both in the pronunciation of words and construction of sentences ...
My design , in these dissertations , is critically to investigate the rules of pronunciation in our language ; to examine the past and present practice of the English , both in the pronunciation of words and construction of sentences ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Colonial and Federalist American Writing Odyssey surveys of American writing |
| Authors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Editors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Publisher | Odyssey Press, 1966 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 946 pages |
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