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... says of the old German tribes that they " do not consider it consistent with the grandeur of celestial beings to confine the gods within walls , or to liken them to the form of any human countenance . They consecrate woods and groves ...
... says of the old German tribes that they " do not consider it consistent with the grandeur of celestial beings to confine the gods within walls , or to liken them to the form of any human countenance . They consecrate woods and groves ...
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... says , and the ear deaf that convey nothing down to the heart's depths ; and the heart that does not utter what it knows is as a live coal hid under ashes . The Voice of One Crying shall be the name of his volume , because there are ...
... says , and the ear deaf that convey nothing down to the heart's depths ; and the heart that does not utter what it knows is as a live coal hid under ashes . The Voice of One Crying shall be the name of his volume , because there are ...
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... say that for so many years he had been trying to de - Gasconise the Court , and that he could not do it . Death surprised him when rounding a period . " " An hour before his death , " says his dis- ciple Racan , " Malherbe woke up with ...
... say that for so many years he had been trying to de - Gasconise the Court , and that he could not do it . Death surprised him when rounding a period . " " An hour before his death , " says his dis- ciple Racan , " Malherbe woke up with ...
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