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... appear in foreign and domestic transactions as the princes of their country ; but they reigned like Pericles at Athens , or the Medici at Florence , by the opinion of their wisdom and inte- grity ; their influence was divided with their ...
... appear in foreign and domestic transactions as the princes of their country ; but they reigned like Pericles at Athens , or the Medici at Florence , by the opinion of their wisdom and inte- grity ; their influence was divided with their ...
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... appears to be less removed from Catholic truth than that advocated by the modern Socinians . Although the creed of Ma- homet founded itself , from the first , upon the doctrine of a rigid fatalism , and has inflexibly preserved the ...
... appears to be less removed from Catholic truth than that advocated by the modern Socinians . Although the creed of Ma- homet founded itself , from the first , upon the doctrine of a rigid fatalism , and has inflexibly preserved the ...
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... appears upon the face of his history , that he was most likely one of those who are termed Majzúb1 . That he had no participation in the Divine essence is clear , other- wise he never would have acknowledged those defects inherent in ...
... appears upon the face of his history , that he was most likely one of those who are termed Majzúb1 . That he had no participation in the Divine essence is clear , other- wise he never would have acknowledged those defects inherent in ...
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... appear so like his Master , in the eyes of the Jews , that they took and delivered him to Pilate . It has been urged as an objection by the Mahometans , that it is unreasonable and unjust to suppose that the atonement of one person can ...
... appear so like his Master , in the eyes of the Jews , that they took and delivered him to Pilate . It has been urged as an objection by the Mahometans , that it is unreasonable and unjust to suppose that the atonement of one person can ...
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... appears to be the only case in which repudiation is permitted . According to Montesquieu , the practice of Polygamy depends upon climate , and is never likely to disappear from Asia ; and a most distinguished author ' of the present day ...
... appears to be the only case in which repudiation is permitted . According to Montesquieu , the practice of Polygamy depends upon climate , and is never likely to disappear from Asia ; and a most distinguished author ' of the present day ...
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