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... honour who will be offended at such a discourse , I am undertaking , methinks , a work worthy an invulnerable hero in romance , rather than a private gentleman with a single rapier ; but as I am pretty well ac- quainted by great ...
... honour who will be offended at such a discourse , I am undertaking , methinks , a work worthy an invulnerable hero in romance , rather than a private gentleman with a single rapier ; but as I am pretty well ac- quainted by great ...
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... honour . " A man of honour ? " says the Major , " thou art an infidel and a blasphemer , and I shall use thee as such . " In short , the quarrel ran so high that the Major was desired to walk out . Upon their coming into the garden ...
... honour . " A man of honour ? " says the Major , " thou art an infidel and a blasphemer , and I shall use thee as such . " In short , the quarrel ran so high that the Major was desired to walk out . Upon their coming into the garden ...
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... honour and virtue , all the rewards , all the distinc- tions remained . But your present con- fusion , like a palsy , has attacked the foun- tain of life itself . Every person in your country in a situation to be actuated by a principle ...
... honour and virtue , all the rewards , all the distinc- tions remained . But your present con- fusion , like a palsy , has attacked the foun- tain of life itself . Every person in your country in a situation to be actuated by a principle ...
Contents
PREFACE | 4 |
THE POOR MANS PLEA | 14 |
THE SHORTEST WAY WITH THE DISSENTERS | 23 |
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