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Human beings - Great Britain - Early works to 1800

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    The cause of man an oration: together with valedictory addresses, pronounced at the commencement of Rhode Island College, September 7, A.D. 1796. By Tristam Burges. [One line from Pope].

    Burges, Tristam, 1770-1853. | Date: M.DCC.XCVI. [1796]
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    An essay on man; or, The old vault of the heavens disclosed, with an introduction . In the first place, proving by demonstration, the existence of a God, with a description of the works of creation, redemption, and providence-likewise, Adam's instructions to his children-also, the death fo abel beautifully illustrated-with a view of the general deluge and its effects-reasons for the ebbing and flowing of the sea-the consummation of all things, and resurrection of the just. By William Ranken, Edinburgh.

    Ranken, William. | Date: Printed in the year M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789]

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