Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent Writers from the Time of Pericles to the Present DayJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1880 - 547 pages |
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... speak to the people , but the sheriff begged him not to proceed , and he contented himself with ask- ing for their prayers , and desiring them to bear witness for him that he died in the faith of the holy Catholic Church , and a ...
... speak to the people , but the sheriff begged him not to proceed , and he contented himself with ask- ing for their prayers , and desiring them to bear witness for him that he died in the faith of the holy Catholic Church , and a ...
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... speak of the Prophets of God , whom God suffered so oft to be brought into extreme perils , and so mightily delivered them again ; as Helias , Heremy , Daniel , Micheas , and Jonas , and many others , whom it were but too long to ...
... speak of the Prophets of God , whom God suffered so oft to be brought into extreme perils , and so mightily delivered them again ; as Helias , Heremy , Daniel , Micheas , and Jonas , and many others , whom it were but too long to ...
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... speaking of the cruelty of Antichrist his time : And the learned [ he meaneth truly learned in God's law ] shall teach many , and shall fall upon the sword , and in the flame [ that is , shall be burnt in the flaming fire ] , and in ...
... speaking of the cruelty of Antichrist his time : And the learned [ he meaneth truly learned in God's law ] shall teach many , and shall fall upon the sword , and in the flame [ that is , shall be burnt in the flaming fire ] , and in ...
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... speak , keep silence , sit , stand , or go , eat , drink , be merry or sad , be sewing , playing , dancing , or doing any thing else , I must do it , as it were , in such weight , measure , and number , even so per- fectly as God made ...
... speak , keep silence , sit , stand , or go , eat , drink , be merry or sad , be sewing , playing , dancing , or doing any thing else , I must do it , as it were , in such weight , measure , and number , even so per- fectly as God made ...
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... speak as well as he . But if I was to touch it in my own phrase , I should then also say , that the first is as much according to my capacity and desire , which I conform to my capacity , as the second is far beyond it ; that I could ...
... speak as well as he . But if I was to touch it in my own phrase , I should then also say , that the first is as much according to my capacity and desire , which I conform to my capacity , as the second is far beyond it ; that I could ...
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