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... persons may be committed , and much more convic- tions , whereupon persons may be condemned as guilty of witchcrafts , ought certainly to be more considerable , than barely the accused person's being repre- sented by a spectre to the ...
... persons may be committed , and much more convic- tions , whereupon persons may be condemned as guilty of witchcrafts , ought certainly to be more considerable , than barely the accused person's being repre- sented by a spectre to the ...
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... person only speculatively judges that any thing is , which , by the agreement of mankind , is called good or excellent , viz . that which is most to general advantage , and between which and a reward there is a suitableness , and the ...
... person only speculatively judges that any thing is , which , by the agreement of mankind , is called good or excellent , viz . that which is most to general advantage , and between which and a reward there is a suitableness , and the ...
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... person known to have anything to do with him , and they held me to the terrible account . Fearful , then , of being exposed in the papers ( as one person present obscurely threatened ) , I considered the matter , and , at length , said ...
... person known to have anything to do with him , and they held me to the terrible account . Fearful , then , of being exposed in the papers ( as one person present obscurely threatened ) , I considered the matter , and , at length , said ...
Contents
PREFACE | xxxix |
The Colonies the Revolution and the New Nation | 3 |
JOHN SMITH 15801631 | 11 |
Copyright | |
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