The Genius of Christianity, Or, The Spirit and Beauty of the Christian ReligionJ. Murphy, 1856 - 763 pages |
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... covered by a party attached to the Prince of Ligne , who threw him into a wagon and carried him to the walls of Namur . As he made his way through that city , crawling on his knees and hands , he excited the compassion of some good ...
... covered by a party attached to the Prince of Ligne , who threw him into a wagon and carried him to the walls of Namur . As he made his way through that city , crawling on his knees and hands , he excited the compassion of some good ...
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... covered with hieroglyphics , attests the united ravages of the billows and of time , what a fertile source of meditation is here opened to the traveller ! There is nothing in the universe but what is hidden , but what is unknown . Is ...
... covered with hieroglyphics , attests the united ravages of the billows and of time , what a fertile source of meditation is here opened to the traveller ! There is nothing in the universe but what is hidden , but what is unknown . Is ...
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... covered with vessels of gold and silver , with lights , flowers , and silks , the new convert exclaimed , with the prophet , " Thou hast spread a table for me ; it is the Lord who feeds me ; I shall know no want , for he hath placed me ...
... covered with vessels of gold and silver , with lights , flowers , and silks , the new convert exclaimed , with the prophet , " Thou hast spread a table for me ; it is the Lord who feeds me ; I shall know no want , for he hath placed me ...
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... covered the earth on that tragic occasion , Christendom throws aside her mourning ; the bells commence their merry peals , the images of the saints are unveiled , and the domes of the churches re - echo with the song of joy - with the ...
... covered the earth on that tragic occasion , Christendom throws aside her mourning ; the bells commence their merry peals , the images of the saints are unveiled , and the domes of the churches re - echo with the song of joy - with the ...
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... covered in the primitive Church , must be lifted up in all its folds for them , while to the eye of others it remains impenetrable . What ! for the slightest pretence or ca- price must I be liable to lose my partner and my children ...
... covered in the primitive Church , must be lifted up in all its folds for them , while to the eye of others it remains impenetrable . What ! for the slightest pretence or ca- price must I be liable to lose my partner and my children ...
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Page 331 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 321 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 238 - Return, fair Eve ; Whom fly'st thou ? whom thou fly'st, of him thou art, His flesh, his bone ; to give thee being I lent Out of my side to thee, nearest my heart, Substantial life, to have thee by my side Henceforth an individual solace dear ; Part of my soul, I seek thee, and thee claim, My other half...
Page 395 - But the truth is, that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth, and prove by events the reasonableness...
Page 217 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 350 - FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word...
Page 239 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompany'd ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was...
Page 321 - Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal World! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor— one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
Page 350 - There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
Page 282 - Ev'n here, where frozen chastity retires, Love finds an altar for forbidden fires. I ought to grieve, but cannot what I ought ; I mourn the lover, not lament the fault ; I view my crime, but kindle at the view...