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... expressed his vexation at this paternal in- terference by bursting into a flood of tears . There was still another remarkable circumstance which helped to indicate the generally prevalent spirit of resistance . Two noblemen , who were ...
... expressed his vexation at this paternal in- terference by bursting into a flood of tears . There was still another remarkable circumstance which helped to indicate the generally prevalent spirit of resistance . Two noblemen , who were ...
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... expression of heavenly approbation , as the law was delivered on Mount Sinai under similar circum- stances . 10 To complete the popular alarm , it was now recollected that the ancient soothsayer , call- ed Thomas the Rhymer , had ...
... expression of heavenly approbation , as the law was delivered on Mount Sinai under similar circum- stances . 10 To complete the popular alarm , it was now recollected that the ancient soothsayer , call- ed Thomas the Rhymer , had ...
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... expression among the strangers who visited Scotland , that the only way to make life comfortable on Sunday , was " to dine with an Episcopalian , and sup with a Pres- byterian . " Not only were religious duties pro- secuted with this ...
... expression among the strangers who visited Scotland , that the only way to make life comfortable on Sunday , was " to dine with an Episcopalian , and sup with a Pres- byterian . " Not only were religious duties pro- secuted with this ...
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... expression , and prayed not only with an audible , but with a loud voice : nor was that solitude irksome to him the whole night over . " . That Mr Welch was in the habit of filling the whole measure of his Sundays with religious ex ...
... expression , and prayed not only with an audible , but with a loud voice : nor was that solitude irksome to him the whole night over . " . That Mr Welch was in the habit of filling the whole measure of his Sundays with religious ex ...
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... ed by the godly wiffis of Edinburgh . " When the nation was imploring Charles to spare them the abomination of the Service - book , no petition was expressed so warmly , or so numerously signed , as 50 . INTRODUCTORY .
... ed by the godly wiffis of Edinburgh . " When the nation was imploring Charles to spare them the abomination of the Service - book , no petition was expressed so warmly , or so numerously signed , as 50 . INTRODUCTORY .
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Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications Constable and co, ltd Vista completa - 1831 |
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Página 183 - I'll never love thee more. As Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch To gain or lose it all.
Página 115 - And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God ; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
Página 115 - And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. 13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to-day the Lord hath wrought salvation in Israel.
Página 317 - Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek That would have made Quintilian stare and gasp. Thy age, like ours, O soul of Sir John Cheek, Hated not learning worse than toad or asp, When thou taught'st Cambridge and King Edward Greek.
Página 86 - King's greatness and authority ; but on the contrary, we promise and swear that we shall to the uttermost of our power with our means and lives stand to the defence of our dread Sovereign, the King's Majesty, his person and authority in the defence and preservation of the foresaid true Religion...
Página 121 - Why should I mention Juba's overthrow, And Scipio's death ? Numidia's burning sands Still smoke with blood. 'Tis time we should decree What course to take. Our foe advances on us, And envies us even Libya's sultry deserts. Fathers, pronounce your thoughts...
Página 217 - Let them bestow on every airth a limb, Then open all my veins that I may swim To Thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake ; Then place my parboiled head upon a stake, Scatter my ashes, strew them in the air.
Página 247 - That because of their numbers, because of their advantages, because of their confidence, because of our weakness, because of our strait, we were in the Mount, and in the Mount the Lord would be seen ; and that He would find out a way of deliverance and salvation for us : — and indeed we had our consolations and our hopes.
Página 219 - ... dressed in a scarlet cloak trimmed with gold lace: he walked along the street with such a grand air, and so much beauty, majesty, and gravity appeared in his countenance, as shocked the whole city at the cruelty that was designed him; and extorted even from his enemies this unwilling confession, that he was a man of the most lofty and elevated soul, and of the most unshaken constancy and resolution that the age had produced.
Página 301 - I have not leisure to write much. But I could chide thee that in many of thy letters thou writest to me, That I should not be unmindful of thee and thy little ones. Truly, if I love you not too well, I think I err not on the other hand much. Thou art dearer to me than any creature ; let that suffice.