recantation

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Recantation of the rector of St. Mary Aldermary.

From London and the Kingdom - Volume I by Sharpe, Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson)

Recantation and repentance!—Pledge of loyalty!—Offer of service at the gates and on the shattered walls!—Heaven help him!

From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Wallace, Lewis

It was in consequence of this war in his mind, that he wrote a beautiful poem called The Recantation.

From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. by Cibber, Theophilus

He presented General Gage an Address in behalf of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in 1774; and was compelled by a Convention of the Committee of Correspondence to sign a "Recantation."

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.