Observations on Popular Antiquities: Including the Whole of Mr. Bourne's Antiquitates Vulgares, with Addenda to Every Chapter of that Work: as Also an Appendix Containing Such Articles on the Subject, as Have Been Omitted by that AuthorJ. Johnson, 1777 - 430 pages |
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... Ghost of Samuel , and order it again to visit the Earth , as he made Mofes and Elias to ap- pear at our SAVIOUR'S Transfiguration ; but that a Thing of this Nature was very uncom- mon , and seldom happen'd . Taking it therefore for ...
... Ghost of Samuel , and order it again to visit the Earth , as he made Mofes and Elias to ap- pear at our SAVIOUR'S Transfiguration ; but that a Thing of this Nature was very uncom- mon , and seldom happen'd . Taking it therefore for ...
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... Ghosts away . They know that this an Emblem is , Of what preceeds our lafting Blifs , That Morn , when Graves give up their Dead , In certain Hope to meet their God . Caffian alfo , who lived in the fame Century , giving an Account of a ...
... Ghosts away . They know that this an Emblem is , Of what preceeds our lafting Blifs , That Morn , when Graves give up their Dead , In certain Hope to meet their God . Caffian alfo , who lived in the fame Century , giving an Account of a ...
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... Ghosts of the Night : Whilst they affure them they fhall never any more enjoy the Realms of Blifs , but be hurried into that * e- verlafting Fire , prepared for the Devil and his * Matt . xxv . 41 . F 2 Angels . Angels . But that these ...
... Ghosts of the Night : Whilst they affure them they fhall never any more enjoy the Realms of Blifs , but be hurried into that * e- verlafting Fire , prepared for the Devil and his * Matt . xxv . 41 . F 2 Angels . Angels . But that these ...
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... Ghosts are not driven away , but still continue going too and fro ? What , tho ' then their Power be still the fame , and their Inten- tions as fully bent to do Evil ? Confider but that God's Care and Providence govern the World , and ...
... Ghosts are not driven away , but still continue going too and fro ? What , tho ' then their Power be still the fame , and their Inten- tions as fully bent to do Evil ? Confider but that God's Care and Providence govern the World , and ...
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... Ghost in it the Church - yards were all haunted - every Common had a Circle of Fairies belonging to it- * There is another Paffage in the Spectator , where he intro- duces the Girls in the Neighbourhood and his Landlady's Daugh- ters ...
... Ghost in it the Church - yards were all haunted - every Common had a Circle of Fairies belonging to it- * There is another Paffage in the Spectator , where he intro- duces the Girls in the Neighbourhood and his Landlady's Daugh- ters ...
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Page 132 - GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people by the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit ; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort...
Page 29 - Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long : and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee ; and verily every man living is altogether vanity.
Page 140 - And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord ; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor ; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
Page 134 - And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would : and they came unto him. 14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach...
Page 131 - Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Page 127 - O EVERLASTING GOD, who hast ordained and constituted the services of angels and men in a wonderful order ; Mercifully grant, that as thy holy angels alway do thee service in heaven, so by thy appointment they may succour and defend us on earth ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 125 - ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the divine Majesty to worship the Unity...
Page 139 - I must abide at thy house. And he made haste and came down, and received him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
Page 130 - Behold now Behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. He is the chief of the ways of God : he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
Page 124 - He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob.