The Works of the Rev. John Fletcher: Late Vicar of MadeleyJohn Mason, 1859 - 4380 pages |
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... brothers , to Geneva , where he was distinguished equally by his superior abilities , and his uncommon application . The two first prizes for which he stood a candidate , he carried away from a number of competitors , several of whom ...
... brothers , to Geneva , where he was distinguished equally by his superior abilities , and his uncommon application . The two first prizes for which he stood a candidate , he carried away from a number of competitors , several of whom ...
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... brothers , was visited by a widow lady from Nyon . This lady was accompanied by her three sons , who were not the most happily disposed , and whose improper conduct , at this time , provoked her to so uncommon a degree , as to extort ...
... brothers , was visited by a widow lady from Nyon . This lady was accompanied by her three sons , who were not the most happily disposed , and whose improper conduct , at this time , provoked her to so uncommon a degree , as to extort ...
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... brother , being about to exercise themselves in fencing , had taken real , instead of wooden swords , with buttons fixed upon the points of them . His brother making a hard push at him , the button upon the point of his sword split in ...
... brother , being about to exercise themselves in fencing , had taken real , instead of wooden swords , with buttons fixed upon the points of them . His brother making a hard push at him , the button upon the point of his sword split in ...
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... brother , in which he gives a further description of the change that had taken place in his own mind , in the following words : - " I speak from experience . I have been successively deluded by all those desires , which I here so ...
... brother , in which he gives a further description of the change that had taken place in his own mind , in the following words : - " I speak from experience . I have been successively deluded by all those desires , which I here so ...
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Late Vicar of Madeley John Fletcher. " If hitherto , my dear brother , you have beguiled yourself with prospects of the same visionary nature , never expect to be more successful in your future pur- suits . One labour will only succeed ...
Late Vicar of Madeley John Fletcher. " If hitherto , my dear brother , you have beguiled yourself with prospects of the same visionary nature , never expect to be more successful in your future pur- suits . One labour will only succeed ...
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