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... truth , and the occafion of giving it was not fought for by myself . Though thefe Letters were never advertised in any London Newspaper , they have , by some means or other , been more generally known , and read , then most of my ...
... truth , and the occafion of giving it was not fought for by myself . Though thefe Letters were never advertised in any London Newspaper , they have , by some means or other , been more generally known , and read , then most of my ...
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... truth may even be compared to thofe caufes in " nature which lie dormant for a time , but which , " in proper circumstances , act with the greatest " violence . We are , as it were , laying gunpowder , grain by grain , under the old ...
... truth may even be compared to thofe caufes in " nature which lie dormant for a time , but which , " in proper circumstances , act with the greatest " violence . We are , as it were , laying gunpowder , grain by grain , under the old ...
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... and conviction of his heart , as he hoped for mercy from the God of truth . This B This is fuch a folemn form of an oath , FAMILIAR LETTERS , & c . Of the feditious Tendency afcribed by Madan to the late Public Meetings of the Diffenters I.
... and conviction of his heart , as he hoped for mercy from the God of truth . This B This is fuch a folemn form of an oath , FAMILIAR LETTERS , & c . Of the feditious Tendency afcribed by Madan to the late Public Meetings of the Diffenters I.
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... truth , I am willing to think , that strange as this notion is , and bordering even upon infanity , it has actually got poffeffion of his mind . For can it be fuppofed that a minifter of the gofpel of peace , in the perfect ufe of his ...
... truth , I am willing to think , that strange as this notion is , and bordering even upon infanity , it has actually got poffeffion of his mind . For can it be fuppofed that a minifter of the gofpel of peace , in the perfect ufe of his ...
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... truth , and the practice of virtue . After all , you hear us both , and judge for yourselves ; and we have no reason to expect that you will go one way or the other till you think you have good reason for so doing . What then is it that ...
... truth , and the practice of virtue . After all , you hear us both , and judge for yourselves ; and we have no reason to expect that you will go one way or the other till you think you have good reason for so doing . What then is it that ...
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