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... means a species of civilization , as far as civiliza- tion could be united with the practices of human sacrifices , was maintained - could scarcely restrain them from the wildest excesses . It was theirs to sit in the councils of war ...
... means a species of civilization , as far as civiliza- tion could be united with the practices of human sacrifices , was maintained - could scarcely restrain them from the wildest excesses . It was theirs to sit in the councils of war ...
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... means , to enjoy more religious liberty and prosperity , and that the king himself might be prevailed upon to adopt Christianity . Their hopes were not ill founded ; her influence gave her religion an interest in his mind ; and a ...
... means , to enjoy more religious liberty and prosperity , and that the king himself might be prevailed upon to adopt Christianity . Their hopes were not ill founded ; her influence gave her religion an interest in his mind ; and a ...
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... means of atonement the clergy encouraged them . 66 Example hath a louder tongue than precept . " COWPER . Thierri was succeeded in the kingdom of Aus- trasia by Theodebert . THEODEBERT . Like his father , Theodebert rarely acted in ...
... means of atonement the clergy encouraged them . 66 Example hath a louder tongue than precept . " COWPER . Thierri was succeeded in the kingdom of Aus- trasia by Theodebert . THEODEBERT . Like his father , Theodebert rarely acted in ...
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... mean sta- tion in society , as will be seen by the following circumstance . Gregory , who had been a volun- tary missionary into England , having succeeded to the popedom , appointed Augustin , prior of the con- vent of St. Andrew's ...
... mean sta- tion in society , as will be seen by the following circumstance . Gregory , who had been a volun- tary missionary into England , having succeeded to the popedom , appointed Augustin , prior of the con- vent of St. Andrew's ...
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... means great ; but having subdued them , he made baptism the token of their submission , and thousands , by this means , took on themselves the name of Christ , but became subjects of the church of Rome . Charlemagne was thus engaged at ...
... means great ; but having subdued them , he made baptism the token of their submission , and thousands , by this means , took on themselves the name of Christ , but became subjects of the church of Rome . Charlemagne was thus engaged at ...
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Page 447 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...
Page 209 - And all our dainty terms for fratricide; Terms which we trundle smoothly o'er our tongues Like mere abstractions, empty sounds to which We join no feeling and attach no form! As if the soldier died without a wound; As if the fibres of this godlike frame Were gored without a pang...
Page 26 - Of lucre and ambition, and the truth With superstitions and traditions taint, Left only in those written records pure, Though not but by the Spirit understood.
Page 149 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 138 - Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 245 - There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire.
Page 96 - But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between. But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Page 98 - I lead in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of judgment: That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance ; And I will fill their treasures.
Page 156 - Mark you this, Bassanio, The devil can cite scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek ; A goodly apple rotten at the heart ; O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath ! Shy.
Page 408 - Inherited, not purchased, nor our own. Fame, honour, beauty, state, train, blood, and birth, Are but the fading blossoms of the earth.