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... providence had raised up a power before which this haughty conqueror must fall , in the midst of his pride , prosperity , and glory . 3 Tamerlane was , by inheritance , prince of a Tartar clan . But nature had endowed him with a mind ca ...
... providence had raised up a power before which this haughty conqueror must fall , in the midst of his pride , prosperity , and glory . 3 Tamerlane was , by inheritance , prince of a Tartar clan . But nature had endowed him with a mind ca ...
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... providence had seated on the thrones of the other European powers , princes capable of pene . trating and baffling all his designs . Charles V. after having for many years involved all Europe in war , finding his ambition like to fail ...
... providence had seated on the thrones of the other European powers , princes capable of pene . trating and baffling all his designs . Charles V. after having for many years involved all Europe in war , finding his ambition like to fail ...
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... providence seems to have deter- mined that that unhappy country , so deeply polluted by the blood of innocence , should never be purged but by the blood of the guilty . * testant cause . As of the illustrious Henry V. of England , so of ...
... providence seems to have deter- mined that that unhappy country , so deeply polluted by the blood of innocence , should never be purged but by the blood of the guilty . * testant cause . As of the illustrious Henry V. of England , so of ...
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... Providence , however , employed him as an instru- ment to humble the pride of a still greater tyrant than himself .... the Roman Pontiff . His most celebated ex- ploits , for he never seemed ambitious of war , were his matrimonial ...
... Providence , however , employed him as an instru- ment to humble the pride of a still greater tyrant than himself .... the Roman Pontiff . His most celebated ex- ploits , for he never seemed ambitious of war , were his matrimonial ...
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... providence overrules ; and all events , past , present , and to come , are employ- ed in directing and completing the destinies of all crea- tures , in subserviency to that infinitely great and glo- rious kingdom which shall never be ...
... providence overrules ; and all events , past , present , and to come , are employ- ed in directing and completing the destinies of all crea- tures , in subserviency to that infinitely great and glo- rious kingdom which shall never be ...
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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.