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... steep road . The village of Tarare , and the few last that we passed through , offer to our regards , as well in the dress of the inhabitants as in the stile of ecclesiastical and domestic architecture , many points of similitude to ...
... steep road . The village of Tarare , and the few last that we passed through , offer to our regards , as well in the dress of the inhabitants as in the stile of ecclesiastical and domestic architecture , many points of similitude to ...
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... steep aclivi- ties building rises above building , terrace above terrace , grove above grove , to summits crowned by the moulder- ing walls of an ancient fort , the extensive enclosure of some secularized monastery , or the pinnacled ...
... steep aclivi- ties building rises above building , terrace above terrace , grove above grove , to summits crowned by the moulder- ing walls of an ancient fort , the extensive enclosure of some secularized monastery , or the pinnacled ...
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... being as close , dirty , and dis- agreeable , as the environs are healthy and delicious.- Steep and rugged is the way up the mount ; yet it ap- ། pears to be one of the regular entrances ; 30 LYON . Mont de Fourvière •
... being as close , dirty , and dis- agreeable , as the environs are healthy and delicious.- Steep and rugged is the way up the mount ; yet it ap- ། pears to be one of the regular entrances ; 30 LYON . Mont de Fourvière •
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... steep coteau of vines , with the vine - dressers at work . On our right a boundless view into France . In front and far extending to our left were wooded hills of towering altitude , tremendous crags , and cascades bound- ing from them ...
... steep coteau of vines , with the vine - dressers at work . On our right a boundless view into France . In front and far extending to our left were wooded hills of towering altitude , tremendous crags , and cascades bound- ing from them ...
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... steep rock , and its buildings are confined within a small space . On a stupendous eminence stands the citadel ; naturally so strong , and so formidable from its command of the mountain passes , as formerly to have obtained for this ...
... steep rock , and its buildings are confined within a small space . On a stupendous eminence stands the citadel ; naturally so strong , and so formidable from its command of the mountain passes , as formerly to have obtained for this ...
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Page 828 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 226 - Ye pine-groves, with your soft and soul-like sounds ! And they too have a voice, yon piles of snow, And in their perilous fall shall thunder, God...
Page 330 - The sky is changed! — and such a change! Oh, night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet, lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!
Page 824 - I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an Angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Page 830 - I profess likewise that in the Mass there is offered to God a true, proper, and propitiatory sacrifice for the living and the dead ; and that in the most holy Sacrament of the Eucharist there is truly. really, and substantially the Body and Blood, together with the Soul and Divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ...
Page 825 - For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Page 826 - Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind ; neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
Page 827 - Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Page 719 - Adieu to thee, fair Rhine ! How long delighted The stranger fain would linger on his way ! Thine is a scene alike where souls united Or lonely Contemplation thus might stray; And could the ceaseless vultures cease to prey On self-condemning bosoms, it were here, Where Nature, nor too sombre nor too gay, Wild but not rude, awful yet not austere, Is to the mellow Earth as Autumn to the year.
Page 826 - But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.