The Library of American BiographyHilliard, Gray, 1847 - United States |
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... published . In several particulars I have been compelled to differ from the writers who have preceded me ; but it will be found , as I would fain believe , that , without assailing others , my own views have been stated in terms ...
... published . In several particulars I have been compelled to differ from the writers who have preceded me ; but it will be found , as I would fain believe , that , without assailing others , my own views have been stated in terms ...
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... published imputation upon his system of con- ducting the Tripolitan war , which I have been able to find , consists in the remark , that " he may by some persons , perhaps , be thought to have indulged too far his aversion to the pay ...
... published imputation upon his system of con- ducting the Tripolitan war , which I have been able to find , consists in the remark , that " he may by some persons , perhaps , be thought to have indulged too far his aversion to the pay ...
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... published , are enriched , are of the highest value . While all its members have engaged zealously in this work , two of them , J. Francis Fisher and John F. Watson , deserve especial mention , for their careful researches and rich ...
... published , are enriched , are of the highest value . While all its members have engaged zealously in this work , two of them , J. Francis Fisher and John F. Watson , deserve especial mention , for their careful researches and rich ...
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... aspersions upon his courage and integrity , cast upon him after his death . An anonymous reviewer of the account , which the young Quaker published of his own trial , had made use of the occasion to cast WILLIAM PENN . 201.
... aspersions upon his courage and integrity , cast upon him after his death . An anonymous reviewer of the account , which the young Quaker published of his own trial , had made use of the occasion to cast WILLIAM PENN . 201.
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... published in 1660 , in a volume embracing several similar pieces , writ- ten by members of Oxford University , on the lamented decease of the Duke of Gloucester , second brother of Charles the Second . * The early religious impressions ...
... published in 1660 , in a volume embracing several similar pieces , writ- ten by members of Oxford University , on the lamented decease of the Duke of Gloucester , second brother of Charles the Second . * The early religious impressions ...
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