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... Natural History in Ten Centuries , " which was to make a part of the third division in the " Instauratio , " which division had received from its designer the title of the " Phænomena of the Universe . " He also worked at a scheme which ...
... Natural History in Ten Centuries , " which was to make a part of the third division in the " Instauratio , " which division had received from its designer the title of the " Phænomena of the Universe . " He also worked at a scheme which ...
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... nature a great observer of religious forms , caused Te Deum laudamus to be solemnly sung in the presence of the 10 whole army upon the place , and was himself with general applause and great cries of joy , in a kind of military election ...
... nature a great observer of religious forms , caused Te Deum laudamus to be solemnly sung in the presence of the 10 whole army upon the place , and was himself with general applause and great cries of joy , in a kind of military election ...
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... nature . And therefore it was noted by men of great under- standing , who seeing his after - acts , looked back upon his 20 former proceedings , that even in the time of King Edward his brother he was not without secret trains and mines ...
... nature . And therefore it was noted by men of great under- standing , who seeing his after - acts , looked back upon his 20 former proceedings , that even in the time of King Edward his brother he was not without secret trains and mines ...
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... nature and descent of blood . Neither wanted there even at that time secret rumours and whisperings , which afterwards gathered strength and turned to great 10 troubles , that the two young sons of King Edward the fourth , or one of ...
... nature and descent of blood . Neither wanted there even at that time secret rumours and whisperings , which afterwards gathered strength and turned to great 10 troubles , that the two young sons of King Edward the fourth , or one of ...
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... nature and constitution of mind not very apprehensive or forecasting of future events afar off , but an entertainer of fortune by the day ; resolved to 15 rest upon the title of Lancaster as the main , and to use the other two , that of ...
... nature and constitution of mind not very apprehensive or forecasting of future events afar off , but an entertainer of fortune by the day ; resolved to 15 rest upon the title of Lancaster as the main , and to use the other two , that of ...
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