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... pain than of enjoyment , as by its magic power she found a constant and boundless delight in the beauty of nature . 66 " The stars were to me , " she writes , as the gates of heaven ; the rolling of the waves to MEMOIR OF MRS . JAMESON ...
... pain than of enjoyment , as by its magic power she found a constant and boundless delight in the beauty of nature . 66 " The stars were to me , " she writes , as the gates of heaven ; the rolling of the waves to MEMOIR OF MRS . JAMESON ...
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Mrs. Jameson (Anna) Estelle May Hurll. gates of heaven ; the rolling of the waves to the shore , the graceful reeds and grasses bending before the breeze as they grew by the wayside , the minute and delicate forms of insects , the ...
Mrs. Jameson (Anna) Estelle May Hurll. gates of heaven ; the rolling of the waves to the shore , the graceful reeds and grasses bending before the breeze as they grew by the wayside , the minute and delicate forms of insects , the ...
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... heaven ; the Italian , through a purer inspiration , seems to have brought all Para- dise down before us upon earth . In the Adoration of the Lamb by [ the brothers ] Van Eyck [ the Ghent altar - piece ] , there are not fewer than two ...
... heaven ; the Italian , through a purer inspiration , seems to have brought all Para- dise down before us upon earth . In the Adoration of the Lamb by [ the brothers ] Van Eyck [ the Ghent altar - piece ] , there are not fewer than two ...
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... heaven and eternity for them there is no longer time or place ; they are here assembled together in the perpetual " communion of saints , " immortal contemporaries in that kingdom where the Angel of the Apoca- lypse proclaimed " that ...
... heaven and eternity for them there is no longer time or place ; they are here assembled together in the perpetual " communion of saints , " immortal contemporaries in that kingdom where the Angel of the Apoca- lypse proclaimed " that ...
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... heaven . When used to distinguish one of the three divine persons of the Trinity , the glory is often cruciform or triangular . The square nimbus designates a person living at the time the work was executed . In the frescoes of Giotto ...
... heaven . When used to distinguish one of the three divine persons of the Trinity , the glory is often cruciform or triangular . The square nimbus designates a person living at the time the work was executed . In the frescoes of Giotto ...
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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.