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The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being…
The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of martyrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of marytrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
New-York: printed by William Durell, 1794
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HIS majesty then sat hourly in council, and ever since hath continued making rounds about the city, i• all parts of it where the danger and mischief was the greatest, till this morning that he hath sent his •••ce the duke of Albemarle, whom he hath called for to assist him on this great occasion, to put his happy and successful hand to the finishing this memorable deliverance.
HIS majesty then sat hourly in council, and ever since hath continued making rounds about the city, i• all parts of it where the danger and mischief was the greatest, till this morning that he hath sent his •••ce the duke of Albemarle, whom he hath called for to assist him on this great occasion, to put his happy and successful hand to the finishing this me••rable deliverance.
DURING the progress of this dreadful conflagra••••, orders were given for pulling down various houses in the Tower of London, in order to preserve the grand magazine of gunpowder in that •••tress; to the preservation of which, the violent […] wind contributed more than the precaution.
DURING the progress of this dreadful conflagra••••, orders were given for pulling down various houses in the Tower of London, in order to preserve the grand magazine of gunpowder in that •••tress; to the preservation of which, the violent 〈…〉 wind contributed more than the precaution.