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... fellows , whose powers he had endeavored to affirm by the new charter , and the students , whose curriculum he proposed to modernize and broaden , succeeded in driving him out . " At this time Increase Mather was an Overseer but not a ...
... fellows , whose powers he had endeavored to affirm by the new charter , and the students , whose curriculum he proposed to modernize and broaden , succeeded in driving him out . " At this time Increase Mather was an Overseer but not a ...
Page 53
... Fellow , even his own uncle.2 25 The conversations that Miss Porter and the Boases invent are extremely unconvincing ... fellows in planning some new sport with the infant prodigy - in case he should think his father's interfer- ence ...
... Fellow , even his own uncle.2 25 The conversations that Miss Porter and the Boases invent are extremely unconvincing ... fellows in planning some new sport with the infant prodigy - in case he should think his father's interfer- ence ...
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... Fellow , because of Danforth's earlier opposition to President Hoar , and had supported the candidate whom Hoar had ... Fellows during a meeting of the Corporation because they themselves had called " ye scholars together to enquire of ...
... Fellow , because of Danforth's earlier opposition to President Hoar , and had supported the candidate whom Hoar had ... Fellows during a meeting of the Corporation because they themselves had called " ye scholars together to enquire of ...
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