Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few WordsPorter & Coates, 1871 - 504 sider |
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... death was inevitable , he despatched a messenger for Colton , and demanded of him an acknowledgment of a fact , which he said all parsons ' lives declared , " that their religion , and all religion , was a lie . " This Colton positively ...
... death was inevitable , he despatched a messenger for Colton , and demanded of him an acknowledgment of a fact , which he said all parsons ' lives declared , " that their religion , and all religion , was a lie . " This Colton positively ...
Side 12
... death in about twelve minutes . " In 1818 , Colton was presented by his college to the vicarage of Kew and Petersham , and here his eccentricities and irregularities were greater than at Tiverton . Upon one occasion he mounted the ...
... death in about twelve minutes . " In 1818 , Colton was presented by his college to the vicarage of Kew and Petersham , and here his eccentricities and irregularities were greater than at Tiverton . Upon one occasion he mounted the ...
Side 24
... death , at Fontainebleau , whither he had retired during a severe illness , the effects of which were supposed to have led to his self - de- struction . ] How long shall man's imprison'd spirit groan , ' Twixt doubt of Heaven , and deep ...
... death , at Fontainebleau , whither he had retired during a severe illness , the effects of which were supposed to have led to his self - de- struction . ] How long shall man's imprison'd spirit groan , ' Twixt doubt of Heaven , and deep ...
Side 27
... death of several tyrants , and the successor was always worse than the former , then camest thou , worse than all the rest ; and if thou wert gone , I fear what would become of us , if we should have a worse still . ' * Let there be ...
... death of several tyrants , and the successor was always worse than the former , then camest thou , worse than all the rest ; and if thou wert gone , I fear what would become of us , if we should have a worse still . ' * Let there be ...
Side 27
... death . In great matters of public moment , where both parties are at a stand , and both are punctilious , slight condescensions cost little , but are worth much . He that yields them is wise , inasmuch as he purchases guineas with ...
... death . In great matters of public moment , where both parties are at a stand , and both are punctilious , slight condescensions cost little , but are worth much . He that yields them is wise , inasmuch as he purchases guineas with ...
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