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... RELIGION , AND GOVERNMENT ; AND A BRIEF DISSERTATION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTOR- ICAL KNOWLEDGE . IN TWO VOLUMES . Wol . II . ↑ BY SAMUEL WHELPLEY , A. M. - Principal of the Morris Academy . MORRIS - TOWN : .... PRINTED BY HENRY P ...
... RELIGION , AND GOVERNMENT ; AND A BRIEF DISSERTATION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTOR- ICAL KNOWLEDGE . IN TWO VOLUMES . Wol . II . ↑ BY SAMUEL WHELPLEY , A. M. - Principal of the Morris Academy . MORRIS - TOWN : .... PRINTED BY HENRY P ...
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... religious phrenzy was at the bottom of it , prevented many wars .... hushed many commotions , and caused numberless priyate animosi ties to be forgotten : the inhabitants of different countries AN HISTORICAL COMPEND .
... religious phrenzy was at the bottom of it , prevented many wars .... hushed many commotions , and caused numberless priyate animosi ties to be forgotten : the inhabitants of different countries AN HISTORICAL COMPEND .
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... for so many ages . It now only remains that we consider their progress under the more auspicious influence of science , morality , and religion . CHAPTER V. BRIEF HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE NATIONS OF EU AN HISTORICAL COMPEND . 21.
... for so many ages . It now only remains that we consider their progress under the more auspicious influence of science , morality , and religion . CHAPTER V. BRIEF HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE NATIONS OF EU AN HISTORICAL COMPEND . 21.
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... religion had made great progress in France , and being espoused by many very powerful men , persecutions terminated in civil wars , and in some of the most horrid scenes of blood and cruelty recorded in history . The horrors of the mas ...
... religion had made great progress in France , and being espoused by many very powerful men , persecutions terminated in civil wars , and in some of the most horrid scenes of blood and cruelty recorded in history . The horrors of the mas ...
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... religion , as the only steps which could advance him to the throne . This was regarded as a pious fraud , since it is generally believ- ed that he never altered his sentiments concerning re- ligion , and that he still determined , as ...
... religion , as the only steps which could advance him to the throne . This was regarded as a pious fraud , since it is generally believ- ed that he never altered his sentiments concerning re- ligion , and that he still determined , as ...
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