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A Forcible Argument
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THAT erudite Cantab, Bishop Burnett, preaching before Charles II., being
much warmed with his subject, uttered some religious truth with great
vehemence, and at the same time, striking his fist on the desk with
great violence, cried out, Who dare deny this?--Faith, said the
king, in a tone more piano than that of the orator, nobody that is
within the reach of that fist of yours.
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