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Page 171
... heard one of them cry aloud , " Tolgo phonac , " when in an instant I felt above an hundred arrows discharged on my ... heard I knew their numbers increased ; and about four yards from me , over against my right ear , I heard a knocking ...
... heard one of them cry aloud , " Tolgo phonac , " when in an instant I felt above an hundred arrows discharged on my ... heard I knew their numbers increased ; and about four yards from me , over against my right ear , I heard a knocking ...
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... heard every night for these twenty years , and upon all occasions winked all occasions winked upon his nephew to mind what passed . This may suffice to give the world a taste of our innocent conversation , which we spun out till about ...
... heard every night for these twenty years , and upon all occasions winked all occasions winked upon his nephew to mind what passed . This may suffice to give the world a taste of our innocent conversation , which we spun out till about ...
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... heard . They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise , to wear out the impressions of the last agonies , and qualify them for the pleas- ures of that ...
... heard . They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise , to wear out the impressions of the last agonies , and qualify them for the pleas- ures of that ...
Contents
PREFACE | 4 |
THE POOR MANS PLEA | 14 |
THE SHORTEST WAY WITH THE DISSENTERS | 23 |
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