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PREFACE . A HUNDRED AND TWENTY YEARS have elapsed since the death
of Mr . Law ; but happily there are still living several of his name and lineage ,
without whose sanction and assistance this work could never have been written .
PREFACE . A HUNDRED AND TWENTY YEARS have elapsed since the death
of Mr . Law ; but happily there are still living several of his name and lineage ,
without whose sanction and assistance this work could never have been written .
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The vigour of our blood , the gaiety of our spirits , and the enjoyment of sensible
pleasures , though the allowed signs of living men , are often undeniable proofs
of dead Christians . ' Christianity buries our bodies , burns the present world ...
The vigour of our blood , the gaiety of our spirits , and the enjoyment of sensible
pleasures , though the allowed signs of living men , are often undeniable proofs
of dead Christians . ' Christianity buries our bodies , burns the present world ...
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No man living was more competent to gain this hold than Law ; one can fancy
into what ribbons he could have torn the arguments which Gibbon's boyish mind
loved to frame . Gibbon's own account of the curious sort of arithmetical process
by ...
No man living was more competent to gain this hold than Law ; one can fancy
into what ribbons he could have torn the arguments which Gibbon's boyish mind
loved to frame . Gibbon's own account of the curious sort of arithmetical process
by ...
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Byrom was the kindliest and humblest of men living ; he was only anxious for his
friend ' s good , and he knew no more ' proper person ' to effect this than Mr . Law
; nor was he in the least ironical when he spoke of Law as ' friendly . He knew ...
Byrom was the kindliest and humblest of men living ; he was only anxious for his
friend ' s good , and he knew no more ' proper person ' to effect this than Mr . Law
; nor was he in the least ironical when he spoke of Law as ' friendly . He knew ...
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... more than almost any living man ) and of those over whom Law was exercising
a vast influence , that there was no conscious presumption or rudeness in it , - no
one , I think , who examines dispassionately the circumstances , can deny .
... more than almost any living man ) and of those over whom Law was exercising
a vast influence , that there was no conscious presumption or rudeness in it , - no
one , I think , who examines dispassionately the circumstances , can deny .
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Página 233 - ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven and earth ; Mercifully hear the supplications of thy people, and grant us thy peace all the days of our life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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| Título | William Law, Nonjuror and Mystic: ... a Sketch of His Life, Character, and Opinions |
| Autor | John Henry Overton |
| Editor | Longmans, Green, 1881 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 27 Oct. 2006 |
| Largo | 462 páginas |
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