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Page 144
... affecting modification . The change in his religious belie brought on through the dispositions just noticed , workin upon a mind shattered by protracted suffering , from bein left unexplained in its nature or extent , has occasioned all ...
... affecting modification . The change in his religious belie brought on through the dispositions just noticed , workin upon a mind shattered by protracted suffering , from bein left unexplained in its nature or extent , has occasioned all ...
Page 145
... affecting proof of acquiescence in what he unfortunately mistook for an appointment of Heaven . Forgetting the invitations to seek and to knock - holding it sinful to use means which he believed were interdicted to him especially- and ...
... affecting proof of acquiescence in what he unfortunately mistook for an appointment of Heaven . Forgetting the invitations to seek and to knock - holding it sinful to use means which he believed were interdicted to him especially- and ...
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... affecting 1 . The following extract continues the narrative of Hayley's visit : " WESTON , April 25 , 1794 . " MY DEAR ELIZA , -Accept the best and most cheerful thanks that a guest in a house of signal affliction can express for all ...
... affecting 1 . The following extract continues the narrative of Hayley's visit : " WESTON , April 25 , 1794 . " MY DEAR ELIZA , -Accept the best and most cheerful thanks that a guest in a house of signal affliction can express for all ...
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