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... earth received , at the same time , im- portant lessons of instruction - the genius of Europe was roused and stood ready to explore the avenues of knowledge , and to trace the intricate paths which lead to more extensive fields of light ...
... earth received , at the same time , im- portant lessons of instruction - the genius of Europe was roused and stood ready to explore the avenues of knowledge , and to trace the intricate paths which lead to more extensive fields of light ...
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... earth poured forth such inexhaustible streams of wealth , they thought no object worthy of their pur- suit but gold and silver . They pursued no other ob- ject , and soon became dependant on their neighbors for every article of commerce ...
... earth poured forth such inexhaustible streams of wealth , they thought no object worthy of their pur- suit but gold and silver . They pursued no other ob- ject , and soon became dependant on their neighbors for every article of commerce ...
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... earth . In a former chapter we have noticed Eg- bert at the head of the Saxon heptarchy . This was in the year 800. The successors of Egbert were ex- ceedingly harrassed by the Danes , who at length plant- ed themselves on the sea ...
... earth . In a former chapter we have noticed Eg- bert at the head of the Saxon heptarchy . This was in the year 800. The successors of Egbert were ex- ceedingly harrassed by the Danes , who at length plant- ed themselves on the sea ...
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... earth , held the keys of heaven and of hell . From the enormity of these claims , and that in the hands of the vilest and most profligate of mortals , we may conjecture into what extremes of wickedness they would go . They went into all ...
... earth , held the keys of heaven and of hell . From the enormity of these claims , and that in the hands of the vilest and most profligate of mortals , we may conjecture into what extremes of wickedness they would go . They went into all ...
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... earth ? Is there no durable institution founded in virtue , and permanent as the eternal rules of justice ? Is there no firm ground of hope - no rock on which truth and rea- son may build a fabric that shall never fall ? Yes .... there ...
... earth ? Is there no durable institution founded in virtue , and permanent as the eternal rules of justice ? Is there no firm ground of hope - no rock on which truth and rea- son may build a fabric that shall never fall ? Yes .... there ...
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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.
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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.