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... able only to suggest some of the principal topics of historical ob- servation . It will be like gliding lightly and swiftly over the numberless waves of the ocean , and touching only some of their highest tops . * Yet our selection of ...
... able only to suggest some of the principal topics of historical ob- servation . It will be like gliding lightly and swiftly over the numberless waves of the ocean , and touching only some of their highest tops . * Yet our selection of ...
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... able to be challenged for his sentence , or an advocate or evidence at the bar , for his advice or testimony . It was no uncommon thing for the judge to be chal- lenged on account of his decision , the advocate for his counsel , the ...
... able to be challenged for his sentence , or an advocate or evidence at the bar , for his advice or testimony . It was no uncommon thing for the judge to be chal- lenged on account of his decision , the advocate for his counsel , the ...
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... able to avail themselves of this favorable opportunity to com- plete the ruin of so formidable a foe . Solyman I. the son and successor of Bajazet , derived courage and fortitude from his father's misfortune ; and collecting the ...
... able to avail themselves of this favorable opportunity to com- plete the ruin of so formidable a foe . Solyman I. the son and successor of Bajazet , derived courage and fortitude from his father's misfortune ; and collecting the ...
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... able , we cannot but be filled with admiration , and , I think , must give the invention an honor second to none but that of alphabetic writing . In the midst of the gradually increasing light of science , a few men , in various parts ...
... able , we cannot but be filled with admiration , and , I think , must give the invention an honor second to none but that of alphabetic writing . In the midst of the gradually increasing light of science , a few men , in various parts ...
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... able to preserve a lofty and menacing atti- tude towards the neighboring powers ; so that even the greatest of all the Turkish monarchs was willing to retire at the approach of Charles V. rather than to endure a conflict with that ...
... able to preserve a lofty and menacing atti- tude towards the neighboring powers ; so that even the greatest of all the Turkish monarchs was willing to retire at the approach of Charles V. rather than to endure a conflict with that ...
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Page 71 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Page 95 - to whom a thousand years are but as one day, and one day as a thousand years...
Page 95 - Redeemer shall, in his own time and way, show who is the blessed and only potentate, the King of kings and the Lord of lords.