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... true , turns to her reproach ; but it happens not to be true , or only partly so , and the phrase parent or mother country hath been jesuitically adopted by the King and his parasites , with a low papistical design of gaining an unfair ...
... true , turns to her reproach ; but it happens not to be true , or only partly so , and the phrase parent or mother country hath been jesuitically adopted by the King and his parasites , with a low papistical design of gaining an unfair ...
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... true race of prophets . He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul . Drawn by its severe harmony , ravished with its beauty , he lived in it , and had his being there . Alone in all history , he estimated the greatness of man . One ...
... true race of prophets . He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul . Drawn by its severe harmony , ravished with its beauty , he lived in it , and had his being there . Alone in all history , he estimated the greatness of man . One ...
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... true conversion , a true Christ , is now , as always , to be made , by the reception of beautiful sentiments . It is true that a great and rich soul , like his , falling among the simple , does so preponderate , that , as his did , it ...
... true conversion , a true Christ , is now , as always , to be made , by the reception of beautiful sentiments . It is true that a great and rich soul , like his , falling among the simple , does so preponderate , that , as his did , it ...
Contents
PREFACE | xxxix |
The Colonies the Revolution and the New Nation | 3 |
JOHN SMITH 15801631 | 11 |
Copyright | |
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