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... lives lost , and incalculable sums expended , the christians lost all footing in Judea , which has ever since remained un- der the power of the Turks . This was probably among the wildest , most vain , and extravagant enter . prizes ...
... lives lost , and incalculable sums expended , the christians lost all footing in Judea , which has ever since remained un- der the power of the Turks . This was probably among the wildest , most vain , and extravagant enter . prizes ...
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... lives to save their country ; but who , through an unlucky mistake , sold their consciences to get a little money . Lewis played the same game in several other courts of Europe , and particularly in Sweden , whose fall may be ascribed ...
... lives to save their country ; but who , through an unlucky mistake , sold their consciences to get a little money . Lewis played the same game in several other courts of Europe , and particularly in Sweden , whose fall may be ascribed ...
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... live , and their lives are at the disposal of the great lords who own them : yet they know no means of relief . They do not , in many instances , know but that all is right . Like a beast of burden , they bow to the yoke , and if they ...
... live , and their lives are at the disposal of the great lords who own them : yet they know no means of relief . They do not , in many instances , know but that all is right . Like a beast of burden , they bow to the yoke , and if they ...
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... live under them are the most ignorant of any in Europe . The letter and spir- it of the Russian government consider all its subjects as slaves , or even machines without will . They live quietly under such a government because they are ...
... live under them are the most ignorant of any in Europe . The letter and spir- it of the Russian government consider all its subjects as slaves , or even machines without will . They live quietly under such a government because they are ...
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... live in a very poor , and , at best , in a precarious manner . With their present exertions they must literally starve to death , did they not live in very fruitful countries , where nature pro- duces almost spontaneously for their ...
... live in a very poor , and , at best , in a precarious manner . With their present exertions they must literally starve to death , did they not live in very fruitful countries , where nature pro- duces almost spontaneously for their ...
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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.