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... received a wound on the hand from one of his own men , -the only wound received by a Spaniard in the action . The struggle now became fiercer than ever round the royal litter . It reeled more and more , and at length , several of the no ...
... received a wound on the hand from one of his own men , -the only wound received by a Spaniard in the action . The struggle now became fiercer than ever round the royal litter . It reeled more and more , and at length , several of the no ...
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... received the gift of a handsome person , till it was swelled and disfigured by intemperance ; and his propensity to laughter was corrected in the magistrate by the affectation of gravity and sternness . He was clothed , at least on ...
... received the gift of a handsome person , till it was swelled and disfigured by intemperance ; and his propensity to laughter was corrected in the magistrate by the affectation of gravity and sternness . He was clothed , at least on ...
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... received authors or principles , did represent unto them . And thus much for the second disease of learning . For the third vice or disease of learning , which concerneth de- ceit or untruth , it is of all the rest the foulest ; as that ...
... received authors or principles , did represent unto them . And thus much for the second disease of learning . For the third vice or disease of learning , which concerneth de- ceit or untruth , it is of all the rest the foulest ; as that ...
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DAY SUBJECT 119 Of Improving by good Examples | 5 |
Primitive Christians | 9 |
Summer | 14 |
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