The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Divines, Patriots, Statemen, Warriors, Philosophers, Poets, and Artists of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Accention of Henry VIII, to the Present Time, Volume 4J. Mawman, 1816 - Great Britain |
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... Christian Dispensation , will be in all ages a subject of the highest reverence and admiration . " But it is said by the author , that the Christian fable is " one of the greatest Judges that ever sat in B 2 SIR MATTHEW HALE . 8.
... Christian Dispensation , will be in all ages a subject of the highest reverence and admiration . " But it is said by the author , that the Christian fable is " one of the greatest Judges that ever sat in B 2 SIR MATTHEW HALE . 8.
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... Judges that ever sat in West- minster Hall , as competent to express as he was able but the tale of the more ancient superstitions of the world , and may be easily detected by a proper understanding of the mytho- logies of the heathens ...
... Judges that ever sat in West- minster Hall , as competent to express as he was able but the tale of the more ancient superstitions of the world , and may be easily detected by a proper understanding of the mytho- logies of the heathens ...
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... judge by his scheme of a diary , set down in the same simple way , in which he drew it up for his own pri- vate use . “ MORNING . I. To lift up the heart to God in thankfulness for renewing my life . II . To renew my covenant with God ...
... judge by his scheme of a diary , set down in the same simple way , in which he drew it up for his own pri- vate use . “ MORNING . I. To lift up the heart to God in thankfulness for renewing my life . II . To renew my covenant with God ...
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... judge ; yet he often said , that the true ground and reasons of law were so well delivered in the Digests , that a man could never understand law as a science so well as by seeking it there , ' and there- fore he lamented much that it ...
... judge ; yet he often said , that the true ground and reasons of law were so well delivered in the Digests , that a man could never understand law as a science so well as by seeking it there , ' and there- fore he lamented much that it ...
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... judges , are too often imposed upon . Adopting professionally the same sincerity which distinguished the other parts of his life , he used to say , It was as great a dishonour as a man could be capable of , that for a little money he ...
... judges , are too often imposed upon . Adopting professionally the same sincerity which distinguished the other parts of his life , he used to say , It was as great a dishonour as a man could be capable of , that for a little money he ...
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