Who is George Fox

George Fox (July 1624 – 13 January 1691) was an English Dissenter, who was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. The son of a Leicestershire weaver, he lived in times of social upheaval and war. He rebelled against the religious and political authorities by proposing an unusual, uncompromising approach to the Christian faith. He travelled throughout Britain as a dissenting preacher, performed hundreds of healings, and was often persecuted by the disapproving authorities. In 1669, he married Margaret Fell, widow of a wealthy supporter, Thomas Fell; she was a leading Friend. His ministry expanded and he made tours of North America and the Low Countries. He was arrested and jailed numerous times for his beliefs. He spent his final decade wo...
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  • The County Of Mayo
    From the Irish of Thomas Lavelle


    On the deck of Patrick Lynch's boat I sat in woful plight,...
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Change 1 God 1 Grief 1 Hair 1 Home 1 Night 1 People 1 Sorrow 1 Sun 1 Sweet 1


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Natedog155: representative george santos took some hard hitting questions on fox business this evening
Airjordans2323: mj is clearly trying to deny george's entry pass to shaq because knows undersized jahidi white can't handle him on the low block. better to play the odds and let george possibly miss a 3 than give shaq a sure dunk and-1. mj never let george score again and held fox scoreless.
Airjordans2323: wrong again, ignorant troll. jordan played small forward for the wizards from 2001-03. his assignments were rick fox and devean george that game. jerry stackhouse and bryon russell were the shooting guards assigned to guard kobe. mj had to deny george's entry pass to shaq.
George_w_moody: $1.6 billion us$ bad for fox new's business one hopes.
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Sonnet Xvi. To Kosciusko
 by John Keats

Good Kosciusko, thy great name alone
Is a full harvest whence to reap high feeling;
It comes upon us like the glorious pealing
Of the wide spheres -- an everlasting tone.
And now it tells me, that in worlds unknown,
The names of heroes, burst from clouds concealing,
And changed to harmonies, for ever stealing
Through cloudless blue, and round each silver throne.
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