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... reasons , and supports his reasoning by so many authorities and examples , fetched from the Scriptures , or from the most unobjectionable authors of ancient and modern times , that he overwhelms and bears down EDITOR'S PREFACE . xiii.
... reasons , and supports his reasoning by so many authorities and examples , fetched from the Scriptures , or from the most unobjectionable authors of ancient and modern times , that he overwhelms and bears down EDITOR'S PREFACE . xiii.
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... ancient sages was thus parabled ; that Love , if he be not twin - born , yet hath a brother wondrous like him , called Anteros ; whom while he seeks all about , his chance is to meet with many false and feigning desires , that wander ...
... ancient sages was thus parabled ; that Love , if he be not twin - born , yet hath a brother wondrous like him , called Anteros ; whom while he seeks all about , his chance is to meet with many false and feigning desires , that wander ...
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... ancient and modern times were ransacked , in the hope of discovering hints for the improvement of society . Prin- ciples favourable to toleration were gradually established . Reli- gion , greatly purified from the errors of the Roman ...
... ancient and modern times were ransacked , in the hope of discovering hints for the improvement of society . Prin- ciples favourable to toleration were gradually established . Reli- gion , greatly purified from the errors of the Roman ...
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... of impiety are less broadly insinuated , though introduced with inferior skill ; but , in several points , no less likely in modern times to tell against the accused , he excels the ancient libeller in adroitness . EDITOR'S PREFACE . xxix.
... of impiety are less broadly insinuated , though introduced with inferior skill ; but , in several points , no less likely in modern times to tell against the accused , he excels the ancient libeller in adroitness . EDITOR'S PREFACE . xxix.
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John Milton James Augustus St. John. accused , he excels the ancient libeller in adroitness . Knowing how pre - eminently loyal and attached to their kings the English are ac- counted , he substitutes , in his pleading , the word ...
John Milton James Augustus St. John. accused , he excels the ancient libeller in adroitness . Knowing how pre - eminently loyal and attached to their kings the English are ac- counted , he substitutes , in his pleading , the word ...
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