Some reputed saints that have been canonized ought to have been cannon…

Charles Caleb Colton
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Some reputed saints that have been canonized ought to have been cannonaded. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.139
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Some reputed saints that have been canonized ought to have been cannonaded. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.139

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