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One that will not plead that cause wherein his tongue must be confuted by his conscience.
One that will not plead that cause wherein his tongue must be confuted by his conscience.
Approximate author period: c. 1634 AD · renaissance
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- Thomas Fuller
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- Approximate author period: c. 1634 AD · renaissance
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Holy and Profane State. The Good Advocate.
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