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... human character . And it is pleasing to look back into those barbarous times and see the seeds of order and improvement , even among the Goths and Vandals , which should one day spring up and far transcend the refinements of Greece and ...
... human character . And it is pleasing to look back into those barbarous times and see the seeds of order and improvement , even among the Goths and Vandals , which should one day spring up and far transcend the refinements of Greece and ...
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... human folly . But however vain and extravagant the Crusades were , they were productive of lasting good to man- kind . They changed the character and the manners of Europe . They , in the first place , drew off , and , in a measure ...
... human folly . But however vain and extravagant the Crusades were , they were productive of lasting good to man- kind . They changed the character and the manners of Europe . They , in the first place , drew off , and , in a measure ...
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... human spe- cies . The Tartars interfered no more with the Ottoman Turks , but left them gradually to recover from so great a blow . Nor were the christian princes able to avail themselves of this favorable opportunity to com- plete the ...
... human spe- cies . The Tartars interfered no more with the Ottoman Turks , but left them gradually to recover from so great a blow . Nor were the christian princes able to avail themselves of this favorable opportunity to com- plete the ...
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... human and divine . They set up human reason as the only light .... the only standard of authority .... the only deity in the universe . They wished to bring mankind into such a perfect state of freedom , as that all AN HISTORICAL ...
... human and divine . They set up human reason as the only light .... the only standard of authority .... the only deity in the universe . They wished to bring mankind into such a perfect state of freedom , as that all AN HISTORICAL ...
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... human race . The mind is perfectly fatigued and disgusted in reading of nothing but fighting , killing , murder , treason , and de- solation . In the history of England the mind is of- ten relieved with a most pleasing variety of ...
... human race . The mind is perfectly fatigued and disgusted in reading of nothing but fighting , killing , murder , treason , and de- solation . In the history of England the mind is of- ten relieved with a most pleasing variety of ...
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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.