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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Royalty Restored/London Under Charles II by J. Fitzgerald Molloy: their families against the Lord's Day." And it was moreover
intimated that upon three days at Christmas, and two at Easter
and Whitsuntide, as likewise upon the 30th of January, the post
would not be delivered.
From the first this scheme promised success, the manner in which
it was carried out being wholly admirable; yet there were many
who raised their voices against it persistently. Porters and
messengers declared it took away their means of subsistence;
whilst those of higher grade were confident it was a contrivance
of the papists, which enabled them to carry out their wicked
schemes with greater security. But these illusions vanished with
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