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"text": "This was the fullneſs of Time, in which all the Propheſies (concerning the Meſſias) were exactly fulfilled. Nothing was ever foretold of Jeſus Chriſt, which was not exactly performed in the fullneſs of Time.",
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"ref": "1751, Robert, Lord Bishop of Clogher [i.e., Robert Clayton], “An Impartial Enquiry into the Time of the Coming of the Messiah: In a Second Letter from Robert, Lord Bishop of Clogher, to an Eminent Jew”, in An Enquiry into the Time of the Coming of the Messiah, and the Restoration of the Jews: In a Letter from Robert, Lord Bishop of Clogher, to an Eminent Jew, London: Printed for J. Brindley, […], →OCLC, page 80",
"text": "And in this exalted State he [Jesus Christ] ſhall appear again upon the Earth, and ſhew himſelf in the fullneſs of Time to thoſe who are then alive, for their Conviction and Converſion; [...]",
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"ref": "1809 November 1, Henry Woodthorpe [Sr.], “City Jubilee Address to the King”, in William Cobbett, editor, Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register, volume XVI, number 18, London: Printed by T[homas] C[urson] Hansard, […]; published by Richard Bagshaw, […]; [et al.], published 4 November 1809, →OCLC, column 692",
"text": "Believe, Sire, that it is the warmest wish and most fervent prayer of your Majesty's Citizens of London, that Providence may long continue to this nation so distinguishing a mark of divine favour, and that in the fullness of time, when your Majesty shall be called from your earthly to a celestial crown, the memory and example of so beloved a Sovereign may secure to a grateful people the imitation of your Majesty's virtues, in the successors of your Royal House, till time shall be no more.",
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"ref": "1903, G[opal] K[rishna] Gokhale, “Mr. Mahadev Govinda Ranade”, in Speeches of the Honourable Mr. G. K. Gokhale, […], Madras: G[anapathi] A[graharam] Natesan & Co., […], published [1908], →OCLC, page 603",
"text": "I will tell you [...] what message he [Mahadev Govind Ranade] has left behind for the rising generations of his country, so that the harvest for which he laboured may be reaped and not lost in the fullness of time.",
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"text": "In the fullness of time, the love which existed between them had been spoken and acknowledged, and they were now a couple, with all the delights and the responsibilities which coupling provides and demands; but somehow, nobody had noticed.",
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"ref": "1966, Anne Dolan, quoting Éamon de Valera (allegedly), “‘History Will Record the Greatness of Collins’? Michael Collins and the Politics of Memory”, in Commemorating the Irish Civil War: History and Memory, 1923–2000, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, published 2003, page 87",
"text": "It's my considered opinion that in the fullness of time history will record the greatness of [Michael] Collins and it will be recorded at my expense.",
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"ref": "1978, Franz Brentano, Rolf George and Roderick M[ilton] Chisholm, editors and translators, Aristotle and His World View, Berkeley, Calif., London: University of California Press, page 115",
"text": "If the entry of nous into the fetus is the moment of the latter's completion, then the appearance of the human race in history may properly be envisaged as the fullness of time.",
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"text": "The many references to kairotic time in the New Testament convey the notion of the fullness of time. Thus, many passages state that when the time was ripe, God acted. Alternatively, when time is complete, there is a fullness of time.",
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"text": "It's my considered opinion that in the fullness of time history will record the greatness of [Michael] Collins and it will be recorded at my expense.",
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