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Page 219
... duties of his office . He does not appear to have been very frequent in his attendance upon the government . This is shown by an extract from a letter of his to a young friend who had solicited his influence in obtaining the office of ...
... duties of his office . He does not appear to have been very frequent in his attendance upon the government . This is shown by an extract from a letter of his to a young friend who had solicited his influence in obtaining the office of ...
Page 241
... duty , to speak in season , and to forewarn my country in time ; wherein I doubt not but there be many wise men in all places and degrees , but am sorry the effects of wisdom are so little seen among us . 66 ' Many circumstances and ...
... duty , to speak in season , and to forewarn my country in time ; wherein I doubt not but there be many wise men in all places and degrees , but am sorry the effects of wisdom are so little seen among us . 66 ' Many circumstances and ...
Page 285
... duty completed , at length at peace with man , as he had always been with God , on the 8th of November , 1674 , in the sixty- seventh year of his age , " without pain , and so quietly that those who waited in his chamber were ...
... duty completed , at length at peace with man , as he had always been with God , on the 8th of November , 1674 , in the sixty- seventh year of his age , " without pain , and so quietly that those who waited in his chamber were ...
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