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... savage barbarity of heart . Even the beauteous Ann Boleyn , whom he had married and raised to his throne , found neither in her charms nor virtues any security from the jeal- ousy and rage of this infernal monster . Upon a slight ...
... savage barbarity of heart . Even the beauteous Ann Boleyn , whom he had married and raised to his throne , found neither in her charms nor virtues any security from the jeal- ousy and rage of this infernal monster . Upon a slight ...
Page 98
... savage . They have no point of union , nor com- bination , but what is found in the powerful arm of government . They speak many languages , and are of many different religions ; for although the christian religion and the Greek church ...
... savage . They have no point of union , nor com- bination , but what is found in the powerful arm of government . They speak many languages , and are of many different religions ; for although the christian religion and the Greek church ...
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... savage nations of Europe , Africa , and America are , and have been in every age , far more savage , and sunk much deeper on the scale of reason than those of Asia . Indeed , it has been affirmed by some , that a savage nation never AN ...
... savage nations of Europe , Africa , and America are , and have been in every age , far more savage , and sunk much deeper on the scale of reason than those of Asia . Indeed , it has been affirmed by some , that a savage nation never AN ...
Page 124
... savage nation never ex- isted in Asia . The Scythians and Tartars were near est to a savage state : but how far , indeed , they were above that state in several important respects . Their skill and power in war has been far superior to ...
... savage nation never ex- isted in Asia . The Scythians and Tartars were near est to a savage state : but how far , indeed , they were above that state in several important respects . Their skill and power in war has been far superior to ...
Page 125
... savage state as many others , seems to be owing to their very great natural advantages , of which , if they had made a proper improvement , they might have risen to an astonishing height of learning , wis- dom , and virtue . But here ...
... savage state as many others , seems to be owing to their very great natural advantages , of which , if they had made a proper improvement , they might have risen to an astonishing height of learning , wis- dom , and virtue . But here ...
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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.