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... passed into a pro- verb , that if a totally unexpected visiter arrives , those to whom he presents himself have been at that moment talking of him . And so , if two friends are in conversation on a given topic , and an entirely ...
... passed into a pro- verb , that if a totally unexpected visiter arrives , those to whom he presents himself have been at that moment talking of him . And so , if two friends are in conversation on a given topic , and an entirely ...
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... passed away rapidly , but was visible above the earth for many hours , exceeding in glory the rays of the sun . " - And he proceeds to tell how young and old crowded to the churches ; and even the very heathens adored the GOD That had ...
... passed away rapidly , but was visible above the earth for many hours , exceeding in glory the rays of the sun . " - And he proceeds to tell how young and old crowded to the churches ; and even the very heathens adored the GOD That had ...
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... EUSEBIA . I perceive that we are somewhat tres- passing on the next part of our subject . SOPHRON . We are so . Did you ever hear the Greek tradition concerning the origin of the tree of which SYMBOLISM OF NATURE . 25.
... EUSEBIA . I perceive that we are somewhat tres- passing on the next part of our subject . SOPHRON . We are so . Did you ever hear the Greek tradition concerning the origin of the tree of which SYMBOLISM OF NATURE . 25.
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... passed , we expect the sufferer to linger on to the next critical time . At the same time , also , the crises of diseases generally occur ; and sailors have a belief , if a comrade is dying , that he cannot pass till the time of high ...
... passed , we expect the sufferer to linger on to the next critical time . At the same time , also , the crises of diseases generally occur ; and sailors have a belief , if a comrade is dying , that he cannot pass till the time of high ...
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... few moments , and gradually you become sen- sible to surrounding objects ; and finally you see with perfect clearness : and yet at no one moment are you sensible that you are passing from dark- ness WARNINGS OF APPROACHING DEATH . 69.
... few moments , and gradually you become sen- sible to surrounding objects ; and finally you see with perfect clearness : and yet at no one moment are you sensible that you are passing from dark- ness WARNINGS OF APPROACHING DEATH . 69.
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Page 39 - Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
Page 130 - I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Page 55 - And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun •was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars ; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
Page 55 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood...
Page 28 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 137 - I spake again, and it answered, in a voice neither very audible nor intelligible. I was not in the least terrified, and therefore persisted until it spake again, and gave me satisfaction. But the work could not be finished at this time ; wherefore the same evening, an hour after sunset, it met me again near the same place, and after a few words on each side, it quietly vanished, and neither doth appear since, nor ever will more to any man's disturbance.
Page 168 - ... saw the figure lying across him in the same position. To add to the wonder, on putting his hand forth to touch this form, he found the uniform, in which it appeared to be dressed, dripping wet. On the entrance of one of his brother officers, to whom he called out in alarm, the apparition vanished ; but in a few months after he received the startling intelligence that on that night his brother had been drowned in the Indian seas. Of the supernatural character of this appearance, Captain Kidd himself...
Page 136 - I dare aver, that the swiftest horse in England could not have conveyed himself out of sight in that short space of time. Two things I observed in this day's appearance.
Page 55 - I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood ; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Page 159 - Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.