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The Folly and vanity of a life spent in the pursuit of worldly profit, ease, or pleasure, compared with a life wholly employed in endeavouring to glorify God, and do good to mankind; : illustrated in some account of the pious lady Elizabeth Hastings, and of Armelle Nicolas a poor ignorant country maid in France, commonly known by the name of the Good Armelle. [Five lines of quotation]

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: M.DCC.LXX. [1770]
Call number: 182998
Dimensions: (12mo)
Associated people: Jeanne,
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