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DEATH OF COLONEL MOORHOUSE * , The Scepter'd Being , that , from his
splendid throne , BY AN UNKNOWN WRITER . Feels conscious pow'r in Mis'ry's
dying groan , F held hy Fate , if aweful from the cause , When on the rack the ...
DEATH OF COLONEL MOORHOUSE * , The Scepter'd Being , that , from his
splendid throne , BY AN UNKNOWN WRITER . Feels conscious pow'r in Mis'ry's
dying groan , F held hy Fate , if aweful from the cause , When on the rack the ...
Page 873
At the Quakers ' meeting , at Cheshunt , fore Mr. B's death , the Commonalty
Society Mr. W. Pryor , of the Poultry , to Miss E. of Maidftone went down the
Medway to Squire , of Hertford . New Hithe , according to annual cultom . At
Hackney , Rev.
At the Quakers ' meeting , at Cheshunt , fore Mr. B's death , the Commonalty
Society Mr. W. Pryor , of the Poultry , to Miss E. of Maidftone went down the
Medway to Squire , of Hertford . New Hithe , according to annual cultom . At
Hackney , Rev.
Page 1042
The grofteft impofitions from detection , and Mission of John the Baptift , and the
Natuue cause the deaths of thousands . of bis ... -On Death . - lhe Christian
Conteft . - On physician , who had begun and finished the Last Day . " his
residence in ...
The grofteft impofitions from detection , and Mission of John the Baptift , and the
Natuue cause the deaths of thousands . of bis ... -On Death . - lhe Christian
Conteft . - On physician , who had begun and finished the Last Day . " his
residence in ...
Page 1142
Death's wide and ever - open gate Is pass'd by all men , soon or late : WEET ,
blushing Nymph / the gates of As Chance directs , or Fates decree , We launch
into eternity . W. SINGLETON . With pearly hand unbar ; Step forth , bright
Goddess of ...
Death's wide and ever - open gate Is pass'd by all men , soon or late : WEET ,
blushing Nymph / the gates of As Chance directs , or Fates decree , We launch
into eternity . W. SINGLETON . With pearly hand unbar ; Step forth , bright
Goddess of ...
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Smitb's Poetie Works , and bis Tople's Address on the Death 1137 Life 745.
Aniquiries of of Savage 656 , 2037 Wigan's Translation of Area London 743
Townley's Journal in the lile 947 Steele's Theatre , & c . 1033 of Man 840
Williams's ...
Smitb's Poetie Works , and bis Tople's Address on the Death 1137 Life 745.
Aniquiries of of Savage 656 , 2037 Wigan's Translation of Area London 743
Townley's Journal in the lile 947 Steele's Theatre , & c . 1033 of Man 840
Williams's ...
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