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... visited the Holy Land . After a suitable comment on other doctrines , Sir Richard proceeds to exhibit the origin of the papal usurpation . For a long time , the " Bishops of Rome , " continued to be elected by the people and the clergy ...
... visited the Holy Land . After a suitable comment on other doctrines , Sir Richard proceeds to exhibit the origin of the papal usurpation . For a long time , the " Bishops of Rome , " continued to be elected by the people and the clergy ...
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... visited many of the nobility and gentry , and endeavoured to conciliate them to support the claims of the Roman Catholics . As he was their hired agent , we are not to impute his conduct to disinterested and generous motives , though we ...
... visited many of the nobility and gentry , and endeavoured to conciliate them to support the claims of the Roman Catholics . As he was their hired agent , we are not to impute his conduct to disinterested and generous motives , though we ...
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... visited , and that they did not afford protection to the loyal and peaceable subjects , who in most places were obliged to fly from their habitations , re- solved to restore them to their usual energy , by the following salutary system ...
... visited , and that they did not afford protection to the loyal and peaceable subjects , who in most places were obliged to fly from their habitations , re- solved to restore them to their usual energy , by the following salutary system ...
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... visited Switzerland as well as Italy , and crossed both the Alps and Appenines . In these excursions , he often witnessed pheno- mena not uncommon in the regions just alluded to ; for more than once he beheld a thunder - storm bursting ...
... visited Switzerland as well as Italy , and crossed both the Alps and Appenines . In these excursions , he often witnessed pheno- mena not uncommon in the regions just alluded to ; for more than once he beheld a thunder - storm bursting ...
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... visited several of the convents , assisted at the festival in honour of St. Francis , and in their excursions into the country , observed in the fields many of the flowers so care- fully cultivated in our gardens , and several others we ...
... visited several of the convents , assisted at the festival in honour of St. Francis , and in their excursions into the country , observed in the fields many of the flowers so care- fully cultivated in our gardens , and several others we ...
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Side 42 - Nibelunge," such as it was written down at the end of the twelfth, or the beginning of the thirteenth century, is
Side 213 - And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
Side 314 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Side 296 - With flying fingers touched the lyre : The trembling notes ascend the sky And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove Who left his blissful seats above — Such is the power of mighty love ! A dragon's fiery form belied the god ; Sublime on radiant...
Side 397 - ... occupations, and probably is not generally known, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly at home in all the details of architecture, music, and law. He was well acquainted too with most of the modern languages, and familiar with their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories of the German logicians,...
Side 296 - Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Side 396 - It has increased indefinitely the mass of human comforts and enjoyments, and rendered cheap and accessible all over the world the materials of wealth and prosperity. It has armed the feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no...
Side 398 - His talk, too, though overflowing with information, had no resemblance to lecturing or solemn discoursing, but, on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasantry.
Side 396 - ... admirable clearness of the information which he poured out upon it without effort or hesitation. Nor was this promptitude and compass of knowledge confined in any degree to the studies connected with his ordinary pursuits. That he should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chemistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of physical science...
Side 399 - In his temper and dispositions he was not only kind and affectionate, but generous, and considerate of the feelings of all around him, and gave the most liberal assistance and encouragement to all young persons who showed any indications of talent, or applied to him for patronage or advice.