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... Heathen Rome ; and much the greater Number of these flaunting Externals , which Infal- libility has adopted , and used as Feathers to adorn her Triple Cap , have been stolen out of the Wings of the dying Eagle . With regard to the Rites ...
... Heathen Rome ; and much the greater Number of these flaunting Externals , which Infal- libility has adopted , and used as Feathers to adorn her Triple Cap , have been stolen out of the Wings of the dying Eagle . With regard to the Rites ...
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... ; such indeed as cannot fail of being grateful to the Good Being , -it is a silent but eloquent Mode of praising him ! a 4 Antiquaries 1 • Antiquaries have rendered the Recesses of Papal and Heathen THE GENERAL PREFACE . vii.
... ; such indeed as cannot fail of being grateful to the Good Being , -it is a silent but eloquent Mode of praising him ! a 4 Antiquaries 1 • Antiquaries have rendered the Recesses of Papal and Heathen THE GENERAL PREFACE . vii.
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John Brand. • Antiquaries have rendered the Recesses of Papal and Heathen Antiquities easier of access . I flatter myself I have turned all these Circumstances in some measure to Advantage . I have gleaned Passages that seemed to throw ...
John Brand. • Antiquaries have rendered the Recesses of Papal and Heathen Antiquities easier of access . I flatter myself I have turned all these Circumstances in some measure to Advantage . I have gleaned Passages that seemed to throw ...
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... Heathen and those of Papal Rome . The copious Extracts from this Work , with which 1 shall adorn the subsequent Pages will be their own Eu- logy , and supersede my poor Encomiums . * When I call to remembrance the Poet of Humanity , who ...
... Heathen and those of Papal Rome . The copious Extracts from this Work , with which 1 shall adorn the subsequent Pages will be their own Eu- logy , and supersede my poor Encomiums . * When I call to remembrance the Poet of Humanity , who ...
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... Heathens , and handed down by the Monks : The Apostle St. Paul , himself is against such Observations : The Opinion of St. Austin upon them . CHAP . XIX . 230 Of Candlemass - Day ; why it is so called : The Blasphemy of the Church of ...
... Heathens , and handed down by the Monks : The Apostle St. Paul , himself is against such Observations : The Opinion of St. Austin upon them . CHAP . XIX . 230 Of Candlemass - Day ; why it is so called : The Blasphemy of the Church of ...
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