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... ages of Chris- tianity , and whose real history , founded on fact or tradition , has been so disguised by poetical embroidery , that they have in some sort the air of ideal beings . As I could not under- take to go through the whole ...
... ages of Chris- tianity , and whose real history , founded on fact or tradition , has been so disguised by poetical embroidery , that they have in some sort the air of ideal beings . As I could not under- take to go through the whole ...
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... age of sixteen , she undertook the position of governess in the household of the Marquis of Winchester . Four years were spent in this family , after which it does not appear that she accepted any new appointment until 1821 , when she ...
... age of sixteen , she undertook the position of governess in the household of the Marquis of Winchester . Four years were spent in this family , after which it does not appear that she accepted any new appointment until 1821 , when she ...
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... age . Miss Kemble had been greatly fascinated by the Diary , and had a girlish enthusiasm in meeting its clever author.1 The two soon found much in common , and when , shortly after , the young actress made her professional début , Mrs ...
... age . Miss Kemble had been greatly fascinated by the Diary , and had a girlish enthusiasm in meeting its clever author.1 The two soon found much in common , and when , shortly after , the young actress made her professional début , Mrs ...
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... age of sixty- five . Her body was laid at rest in Kensal Green , by the graves of her father and mother . " No woman has written more variously , and few men or women so well , " wrote Miss Catherine Sedgwick upon the death of her ...
... age of sixty- five . Her body was laid at rest in Kensal Green , by the graves of her father and mother . " No woman has written more variously , and few men or women so well , " wrote Miss Catherine Sedgwick upon the death of her ...
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... Ages , there has arisen among us a desire to com- prehend the state of feeling which produced them , and the legends and traditions on which they are founded ; a desire to understand , and to bring to some surer critical test , repre ...
... Ages , there has arisen among us a desire to com- prehend the state of feeling which produced them , and the legends and traditions on which they are founded ; a desire to understand , and to bring to some surer critical test , repre ...
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Page 302 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 246 - This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Page 49 - Above it stood the Seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
Page 171 - Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Page 171 - WHEN the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place : and suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues, like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them : and they were all filled with the HOLY GHOST ; and began to speak with other tongues, as the SPIRIT gave them utterance.
Page 380 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Page 353 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Page 158 - Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
Page 38 - O ! th' exceeding grace Of highest God, that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe...
Page 59 - And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.