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... person that thall be admitted to your love ; as heretofore eternity was by the Egyptians reprefented by the hie- roglyphicke and fculpture of a circle , that hath no end : or as time , whofe in- fants are fucceffive , was fet forth by a ...
... person that thall be admitted to your love ; as heretofore eternity was by the Egyptians reprefented by the hie- roglyphicke and fculpture of a circle , that hath no end : or as time , whofe in- fants are fucceffive , was fet forth by a ...
Page 659
... persons of distinction , with their ladies , lately arrived at Paris . It is given out , that they had fled from Con- ftantinople of account of the late behead- ings . One of them is faid to have been keeper of the records . Three ships ...
... persons of distinction , with their ladies , lately arrived at Paris . It is given out , that they had fled from Con- ftantinople of account of the late behead- ings . One of them is faid to have been keeper of the records . Three ships ...
Page 663
... persons of the first distinction . The illuminations throughout London on the occafion were fplendid , his Royal Highness's tradesmen vying with each other in the bril- liency and taste of their devices and decora . tions . Saturday 13 ...
... persons of the first distinction . The illuminations throughout London on the occafion were fplendid , his Royal Highness's tradesmen vying with each other in the bril- liency and taste of their devices and decora . tions . Saturday 13 ...
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... persons in the Deity ; yet the Saviour of the world , who certainly knew its import better than frail man , has tranflated it by a fingular noun , Mark xiii . 29. Mofes alfo was made Elohim to Pharaoh . Scripture be explains itfelf ...
... persons in the Deity ; yet the Saviour of the world , who certainly knew its import better than frail man , has tranflated it by a fingular noun , Mark xiii . 29. Mofes alfo was made Elohim to Pharaoh . Scripture be explains itfelf ...
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... Sal.bury fquare , jeweller . Returning from a vifit , the dropped down in a fit , and expired 20 as the was being conveyed to an apothecary's in the $ 50 Obituary of confiderable Persons ; with Biographical Anecdotes .
... Sal.bury fquare , jeweller . Returning from a vifit , the dropped down in a fit , and expired 20 as the was being conveyed to an apothecary's in the $ 50 Obituary of confiderable Persons ; with Biographical Anecdotes .
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