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Page 38
... thoughts of a subject upon which I thought to so little purpose . Nevertheless , when I was in the company of deists , and heard the Gospel blasphemed , I never failed to assert the truth of it with much vehemence of disputation ; for ...
... thoughts of a subject upon which I thought to so little purpose . Nevertheless , when I was in the company of deists , and heard the Gospel blasphemed , I never failed to assert the truth of it with much vehemence of disputation ; for ...
Page 70
... thought — since all agree— A thought I have it let me see— ' Tis gone again , plague on't ! I thought I had it but I have it not . Dame Gurton thus , and Hodge her son , That useful thing , her needle , gone , Rake well the cinders ...
... thought — since all agree— A thought I have it let me see— ' Tis gone again , plague on't ! I thought I had it but I have it not . Dame Gurton thus , and Hodge her son , That useful thing , her needle , gone , Rake well the cinders ...
Page 95
... thought , to take my last sleep in this world . The next morning was to place me at the bar of the House , and I ... thought I - this the crisis ! dallying with the love of life ! I arose , and , as I thought , bolted the inner door of ...
... thought , to take my last sleep in this world . The next morning was to place me at the bar of the House , and I ... thought I - this the crisis ! dallying with the love of life ! I arose , and , as I thought , bolted the inner door of ...
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