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... . - Religious Novelties . Wandering Preachers . - George Fox . Excesses of the early Quakers.- Their Virtues and Endurance . - Principles -- - of the Society . • 212 - CHAPTER IV . · Penn's serious Tendencies renewed . CONTENTS . ix.
... . - Religious Novelties . Wandering Preachers . - George Fox . Excesses of the early Quakers.- Their Virtues and Endurance . - Principles -- - of the Society . • 212 - CHAPTER IV . · Penn's serious Tendencies renewed . CONTENTS . ix.
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... Society . - Prep- arations for the Settlement of his Province . -First Emigration . - Penn's first Pro- ceedings . - Elected to the Royal Society.- He escapes another Arrest . Death of his Mother . - His Frame of Government . Ob- tains ...
... Society . - Prep- arations for the Settlement of his Province . -First Emigration . - Penn's first Pro- ceedings . - Elected to the Royal Society.- He escapes another Arrest . Death of his Mother . - His Frame of Government . Ob- tains ...
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... Society of Traders . Difficulties with Lord Baltimore . -Penn resolves to return to England . Preparations . Assembly . Prosperity of the Province . - -- CHAPTER IX . Penn arrives in England . - He intercedes for the Quakers . James the ...
... Society of Traders . Difficulties with Lord Baltimore . -Penn resolves to return to England . Preparations . Assembly . Prosperity of the Province . - -- CHAPTER IX . Penn arrives in England . - He intercedes for the Quakers . James the ...
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... society had been gathered with trouble and amid opposition , he abandoned it , and joined another . * 99 * Nor must we neglect to say , that " the Brigadier wooed the Muses . The following , if not the best effort of his pen that has ...
... society had been gathered with trouble and amid opposition , he abandoned it , and joined another . * 99 * Nor must we neglect to say , that " the Brigadier wooed the Muses . The following , if not the best effort of his pen that has ...
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... society of his family and friends , he hoped for happiness and repose . He left a wife and one son . Mrs. Preble , a lady of great excellence of character , and now venerable in years , has remained a widow . Edward Deering Preble , the ...
... society of his family and friends , he hoped for happiness and repose . He left a wife and one son . Mrs. Preble , a lady of great excellence of character , and now venerable in years , has remained a widow . Edward Deering Preble , the ...
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