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A49900 The lives of Clemens Alexandrinus, Eusebius, Bishop of Cæsarea, Gregory Nazianzen, and Prudentius, the Christian poet containing an impartial account of their lives and writings, together with several curious observations upon both : also a short history of Pelagianism / written originally in French by Monsieur Le Clerc ; and now translated into English. Le Clerc, Jean, 1657-1736. 1696 (1696) Wing L820; ESTC R22272 169,983 390

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130._o l._n 4._o r._n bysantium_n p._n 133._o l._n 7._o r._n licinius_n p._n 135._o l._n 24._o r._n fit_a to_o p._n 137._o l._n 19_o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 142._o l._n 18._o r._n arsenius_n p._n 146._o l._n 16._o r._n be_v come_v to_o p._n 151._o l._n 9_o r._n any_o thing_n else_o p._n 161._o l._n 18._o r._n personas_fw-la ibid._n l._n 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d add_v signify_v p._n 167._o l._n 13._o there_o be_v add_v in_o p._n 173._o l._n 26._o undeniable_a add_v testimony_n p._n 176._o l._n 31._o r._n aegina_n p._n 183._o l._n 3._o r._n patient_o p._n 193._o l._n 9_o r._n individuum_n p._n 207._o l._n 24._o r._n use_v the_o valentinian_o p._n 212._o l._n 17._o relate_v add_v all_o p._n 213._o l._n 17._o r._n break_v into_o p._n 220._o l._n 28._o r._n seize_v p._n 226._o l._n 26._o r._n prosopopeïa_n p._n 234_o l._n ult_n r._n acknowledge_v p._n 249._o l._n 9_o r._n judgement_n p._n 254._o l._n 20._o deity_n and_o be_v p._n 265._o l._n 20._o r._n in_o a_o full_a p._n 268._o l._n 24._o deal_n they_o p._n 282._o l._n 19_o r._n prodicus_n p._n 283._o l._n 25._o r._n such_o a_o art_n p._n 290._o l._n 17._o r_o militiae_fw-la p._n 292._o l._n 28._o r._n darkness_n p._n 293._o l._n ult_n r._n mentem_fw-la p._n 295_o l._n 9_o r._n judicature_n p._n 301._o l._n 2._o r._n piceasque_fw-la p._n 304._o l._n 18._o r._n ingenuous_o p._n 305._o l._n 14._o r._n perire_fw-la p._n 307._o l._n 23._o ninivites_n add_v be_v not_o ibid._n l._n 27._o r._n that_o people_n p._n 312._o l._n 19_o r._n cyprian_n p._n 313._o l._n 17._o r._n foveis_fw-la p._n 317._o l._n 10._o image_n add_v be_v p._n 321._o l._n 2._o nature_n be_v add_v of_o p._n 321._o l._n 14._o r._n conditor_n p._n 325._o l._n 19_o r._n moras_fw-la ibid._n l._n 21._o r._n murmure_v p._n 326._o l._n 25._o r._n it_o be_v p._n 327._o l._n 7._o r._n languente_fw-la p._n 333._o l._n 12._o quadrant_n r._n tetrastic_o ibid._n l._n 15._o r._n whereof_o p._n 336._o l._n 14._o r._n damietta_n p._n 338._o 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