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Page 70
... hope that , by " hard labor , " which he took to be the portion of his life , he might be the instrument of some good , and " perhaps leave something so written to after - times as they should not willingly let it die . " His chief aim ...
... hope that , by " hard labor , " which he took to be the portion of his life , he might be the instrument of some good , and " perhaps leave something so written to after - times as they should not willingly let it die . " His chief aim ...
Page 147
... hope , which had twinkled in the political horizon , was quenched for the king . The cohorts of the Parliament , officered by the soldierly genius of Cromwell , one of the great- est captains of all time , marched forward to assured OF ...
... hope , which had twinkled in the political horizon , was quenched for the king . The cohorts of the Parliament , officered by the soldierly genius of Cromwell , one of the great- est captains of all time , marched forward to assured OF ...
Page 242
... hope , than convincing to backsliders . " Thus much I should perhaps have said , though I were sure I should have spoken only to trees and stones , and had none to cry to , but with the prophet , ' O earth , earth , earth ! ' to tell ...
... hope , than convincing to backsliders . " Thus much I should perhaps have said , though I were sure I should have spoken only to trees and stones , and had none to cry to , but with the prophet , ' O earth , earth , earth ! ' to tell ...
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