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... fell upon the head of the tempter . He , like his poor instrument , the brute ser- pent , was doomed to make his path in the dust , hated and hating , and at length to be crushed by the heel of a human conqueror . A mark of peculiar ...
... fell upon the head of the tempter . He , like his poor instrument , the brute ser- pent , was doomed to make his path in the dust , hated and hating , and at length to be crushed by the heel of a human conqueror . A mark of peculiar ...
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... fell to the lot of the two great leaders of Israel , was a part of the wondrous scheme of Providence which guided the destinies of a chosen nation . Since the days of Jacob , no authenticated instance remains , of a life that has ex ...
... fell to the lot of the two great leaders of Israel , was a part of the wondrous scheme of Providence which guided the destinies of a chosen nation . Since the days of Jacob , no authenticated instance remains , of a life that has ex ...
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... fell in 1485 , the Countess of Desmond lived till the reign of James the First , and died at a hundred and forty - five . In poverty and not without vice , " old Parr ” survived till a hundred and fifty - two . But the oldest man of ...
... fell in 1485 , the Countess of Desmond lived till the reign of James the First , and died at a hundred and forty - five . In poverty and not without vice , " old Parr ” survived till a hundred and fifty - two . But the oldest man of ...
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... fell . It is said that one of the Medici slew , with his own arm , one of his two sons , who had slain the other on a hunting excursion . Herod the Great put to death the uncle of his much - beloved wife Mariamne ; then , her ...
... fell . It is said that one of the Medici slew , with his own arm , one of his two sons , who had slain the other on a hunting excursion . Herod the Great put to death the uncle of his much - beloved wife Mariamne ; then , her ...
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... fell down at the foot of the statue of Pompey , stabbed by the daggers of several senators . The Emperor Caligula was pierced in the neck by the poniard of one of his officers , as he passed through a gallery between the theatre and the ...
... fell down at the foot of the statue of Pompey , stabbed by the daggers of several senators . The Emperor Caligula was pierced in the neck by the poniard of one of his officers , as he passed through a gallery between the theatre and the ...
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Page 55 - The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array ! The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heaped and pent, Rider and horse — friend, foe, — in one red burial blent...
Page 25 - Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By those who in their turn shall follow them.
Page 216 - He took the Cup; and, when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of this ; for this is My Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sins : Do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of Me.
Page 210 - O my Father, if this cup may not pass from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Page 92 - Holds such an enmity with blood of man, That, swift as quicksilver, it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body ; And, with a sudden vigour, it doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk, The thin and wholesome blood...
Page 218 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come ; that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
Page 287 - And white robes were given unto every one of them ; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Page 287 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Page 295 - The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead...
Page 237 - Death's but a path that must be trod, If man would ever pass to God ; A port of calms, a state of ease From the rough rage of swelling seas.