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Page 180
... common people , without any impression upon their hearts . Something might be necessary , he observed , to excite the affections of the common people , who were sunk in languor and lethargy , and therefore he sup- posed that the new ...
... common people , without any impression upon their hearts . Something might be necessary , he observed , to excite the affections of the common people , who were sunk in languor and lethargy , and therefore he sup- posed that the new ...
Page 504
... common than to mistake surnames when we hear them carelessly uttered for the first time . To prevent this , he used not only to pronounce them slowly and distinctly , but to take the trou- ble of spelling them ; a practice which I have ...
... common than to mistake surnames when we hear them carelessly uttered for the first time . To prevent this , he used not only to pronounce them slowly and distinctly , but to take the trou- ble of spelling them ; a practice which I have ...
Page 592
... Common Prayer , 511 * , 538 , 576 * Book of Discipline , 196 Boothby , Sir Brook , 18 Boothby , Miss Hill , 18 , 460 * Borlase , William , 85 , 354 * Boscawen , Edward , 406 Boscawen , Frances , 406 , 436 , 473 Boscawen , George Evelyn ...
... Common Prayer , 511 * , 538 , 576 * Book of Discipline , 196 Boothby , Sir Brook , 18 Boothby , Miss Hill , 18 , 460 * Borlase , William , 85 , 354 * Boscawen , Edward , 406 Boscawen , Frances , 406 , 436 , 473 Boscawen , George Evelyn ...
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