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... appearance . presents a long street of large dilapidated houses ; in the midst of which , if we may believe the inscription over the door - way , is a Salon des Muses . But , in spite of their directive power , the men are rude loun ...
... appearance . presents a long street of large dilapidated houses ; in the midst of which , if we may believe the inscription over the door - way , is a Salon des Muses . But , in spite of their directive power , the men are rude loun ...
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... appearance . But it was necessary for us merely to feel the fervid power of the sun , in order to be brought to a candid acknowledg- ment that without such effectual means of excluding its beams during the greater part of the day , no ...
... appearance . But it was necessary for us merely to feel the fervid power of the sun , in order to be brought to a candid acknowledg- ment that without such effectual means of excluding its beams during the greater part of the day , no ...
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... appearance or their manners , bear out his flattering portrait . At the dilapi- dated village of Saint Pierre - le - Moutier , we were sur- rounded , the moment we stopped , by swarms of beggars . The peasantry , dwelling by the road ...
... appearance or their manners , bear out his flattering portrait . At the dilapi- dated village of Saint Pierre - le - Moutier , we were sur- rounded , the moment we stopped , by swarms of beggars . The peasantry , dwelling by the road ...
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... appearance , with its fine stone bridge of thirteen arches . The fronts of many of the buildings are stamped with the impress of antiquity ; others give an air of municipal consequence to the place , of which we traversed the whole ...
... appearance , with its fine stone bridge of thirteen arches . The fronts of many of the buildings are stamped with the impress of antiquity ; others give an air of municipal consequence to the place , of which we traversed the whole ...
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... appearance - Quay of the Rhone - Cathedral - Churches of St. Paul and St. Irenaus - Hotel de Ville - Palais des Arts - Place Louis le Grand - Silk Manu- factory - Mont de Fourvière - The Calvary - Church of Notre Dame - Grand views — A ...
... appearance - Quay of the Rhone - Cathedral - Churches of St. Paul and St. Irenaus - Hotel de Ville - Palais des Arts - Place Louis le Grand - Silk Manu- factory - Mont de Fourvière - The Calvary - Church of Notre Dame - Grand views — A ...
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Page 828 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 226 - Ye pine-groves, with your soft and soul-like sounds ! And they too have a voice, yon piles of snow, And in their perilous fall shall thunder, God...
Page 330 - The sky is changed! — and such a change! Oh, night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet, lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!
Page 824 - I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an Angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Page 830 - I profess likewise that in the Mass there is offered to God a true, proper, and propitiatory sacrifice for the living and the dead ; and that in the most holy Sacrament of the Eucharist there is truly. really, and substantially the Body and Blood, together with the Soul and Divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ...
Page 825 - For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Page 826 - Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind ; neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
Page 827 - Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Page 719 - Adieu to thee, fair Rhine ! How long delighted The stranger fain would linger on his way ! Thine is a scene alike where souls united Or lonely Contemplation thus might stray; And could the ceaseless vultures cease to prey On self-condemning bosoms, it were here, Where Nature, nor too sombre nor too gay, Wild but not rude, awful yet not austere, Is to the mellow Earth as Autumn to the year.
Page 826 - But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.