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... my worthy friend Hazard should so toto ccelo mistake the design of the postscript as to imagine it contained a reflexion on his moral character, I never could have believed, had I been told it from any lesser authority than his own.
... my worthy friend Hazard should so toto ccelo mistake the design of the postscript as to imagine it contained a reflexion on his moral character, I never could have believed, had I been told it from any lesser authority than his own.
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I never could conceive why fuller and clearer evidence should be required to prove the truth of Scripture than of any other history ; nor is it easy to account for infidels withholding their assent, even when this evidence is afforded.
I never could conceive why fuller and clearer evidence should be required to prove the truth of Scripture than of any other history ; nor is it easy to account for infidels withholding their assent, even when this evidence is afforded.
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There are too many amongst us whose interest it is to oppose it, and men will ever be governed by their interest ; besides, such regulations are directly contrary to the very nature of trade, which will never, like Christianity, ...
There are too many amongst us whose interest it is to oppose it, and men will ever be governed by their interest ; besides, such regulations are directly contrary to the very nature of trade, which will never, like Christianity, ...
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History, as I think I have dropped sufficient hints to prevent it ; but I am never asked to be surety for any man, but I recollect Solomon's advice, and refuse it. Our friend is a full-blooded historian, as rapacious as a wolf ; but I ...
History, as I think I have dropped sufficient hints to prevent it ; but I am never asked to be surety for any man, but I recollect Solomon's advice, and refuse it. Our friend is a full-blooded historian, as rapacious as a wolf ; but I ...
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The country, too, may be considered as an acquisition of territory, for I am informed that the Indians never attempt a resettlement of a place from which they have once been driven. In these points of view, that expedition was of ...
The country, too, may be considered as an acquisition of territory, for I am informed that the Indians never attempt a resettlement of a place from which they have once been driven. In these points of view, that expedition was of ...
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| Título | Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society Belknap Papers, Jeremy Belknap Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Autor | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Colaborador | John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) |
| Editor | The Society, 1877 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 23 Nov. 2005 |
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