The Life of John Buncle, Esq: By Thomas Amory...S. Prowett, 1825 |
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... kind of Ægyptian stone . The top of the cave is a bold arch , finished be- yond all that art could do , and the floor as smooth as it is possible to make the stone . At the far end of the grot , there are a dozen rows of seats like ...
... kind of Ægyptian stone . The top of the cave is a bold arch , finished be- yond all that art could do , and the floor as smooth as it is possible to make the stone . At the far end of the grot , there are a dozen rows of seats like ...
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... kind of proportion was to be seen , it seemed as a start into truth , by the inadvertent head of blind chance . It was the most Gothic , whimsical , four - fronted thing , without , that ever my eyes beheld ; and within , the most ...
... kind of proportion was to be seen , it seemed as a start into truth , by the inadvertent head of blind chance . It was the most Gothic , whimsical , four - fronted thing , without , that ever my eyes beheld ; and within , the most ...
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... kind of meat and drink , and it was served up in the most elegant manner : their wine in particular was old and generous , and they gave it freely . We took a cheerful glass after dinner , and laughed a couple of hours away in a ...
... kind of meat and drink , and it was served up in the most elegant manner : their wine in particular was old and generous , and they gave it freely . We took a cheerful glass after dinner , and laughed a couple of hours away in a ...
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... kind of cobweb , in which swarms of little active creatures , with terrible horns and piercing eyes , are busily em- ployed : a mulberry leaf was an amazing flexus or net - work : we can see but nine ribs on the sigillum Solomonis ...
... kind of cobweb , in which swarms of little active creatures , with terrible horns and piercing eyes , are busily em- ployed : a mulberry leaf was an amazing flexus or net - work : we can see but nine ribs on the sigillum Solomonis ...
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... kind , except the native of Apulia , called the Tarantula , and is furnished at the head with a hard black forceps , which resembles that of the Apulian the solar microscope is the most entertaining of all the microscopes , and by it ...
... kind , except the native of Apulia , called the Tarantula , and is furnished at the head with a hard black forceps , which resembles that of the Apulian the solar microscope is the most entertaining of all the microscopes , and by it ...
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Page 232 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 285 - And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Page 31 - Take away the dross from the silver, And there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. Take away the wicked from before the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Page 87 - Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength : and honour, and glory, and blessing. Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne : and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 301 - when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world, he saith, Let all the angels of God worship him.
Page 183 - He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. ^(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive : for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) ^Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Page 327 - My ground and belief is, that there is but one God and one mediator between God and man...
Page 225 - Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent that they are but abjects, and humbles them at the instant; makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepassed happiness.
Page 226 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Page 251 - They shall not labour in vain. Nor bring forth for trouble ; For they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, And their offspring with them.