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 infinuatiprts; or his countrymen, he like- 



wife enters very minutely into, the,. cir.r 

 cumftances'of the Swedes, and often omit?, 

 or" mtlreprefents, more important pomfcs^ 

 relative to the legiflator and father of Pen- 

 fyfoama* William Penn, who gave thaj;-, 

 province bxiftence, laws, and reputation*-- 

 The Accounts in the firft Volume, p. jz- 

 and 33, 37, 42 and 46, feem to be found- 

 ed on Fuch mifreprefentations. A pbilo- 

 fopher fhould examine fuch accounts, hear 

 both parties, and emancipate himfelf from 

 narrownefs of mind and prejudice. 



author, however, often does ji 

 to the excellent confutation of j 

 as may be feen Vol. I. p. 58, 59. apd, t , 

 like^lfepag. 270, 271. 



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 the moiftu'reoftbe air; fee Vol. I. p. 

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