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... Baillie complains of the Bugs there . Now that , not even excepting a landlord who does not know his business , is the greatest nuisance of the " Ville de Lyon . " tent , but on the whole are sufficiently attractive . FONTAINEBleau . 7.
... Baillie complains of the Bugs there . Now that , not even excepting a landlord who does not know his business , is the greatest nuisance of the " Ville de Lyon . " tent , but on the whole are sufficiently attractive . FONTAINEBleau . 7.
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Seth William Stevenson. tent , but on the whole are sufficiently attractive . The whiteness of the chalk hills , whose tops appear above the trees , gives a singular effect to the more distant parts of the landscape . But we did not ...
Seth William Stevenson. tent , but on the whole are sufficiently attractive . The whiteness of the chalk hills , whose tops appear above the trees , gives a singular effect to the more distant parts of the landscape . But we did not ...
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... whole extent from north to south , going through “ the market - place , " where " greet- ings and salutations " awaited not us . After breakfasting at the Hotel de la Poste , we looked into the church of the Carmelites , where a ...
... whole extent from north to south , going through “ the market - place , " where " greet- ings and salutations " awaited not us . After breakfasting at the Hotel de la Poste , we looked into the church of the Carmelites , where a ...
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... whole front of her neck , of several pounds weight . * As seen from our line of march through this tremen- dous pass , the different villages , with their churches and cabins , look like the dwellings of pigmies , hung in mid- air . In ...
... whole front of her neck , of several pounds weight . * As seen from our line of march through this tremen- dous pass , the different villages , with their churches and cabins , look like the dwellings of pigmies , hung in mid- air . In ...
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... whole is kept in excellent re- pair . To protect this fine causeway from the destructive force of so powerful a current , the King of Sardinia , two years ago , caused an embankment of stone to be laid along the base of the road for a ...
... whole is kept in excellent re- pair . To protect this fine causeway from the destructive force of so powerful a current , the King of Sardinia , two years ago , caused an embankment of stone to be laid along the base of the road for 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.