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Page 134
... Death tells it us ? It was Death which , opening the con- science of Charles the fifth , made him enjoin his son Philip to restore Navarre ; and King Francis the first of France to command that justice should be done upon the Murderers ...
... Death tells it us ? It was Death which , opening the con- science of Charles the fifth , made him enjoin his son Philip to restore Navarre ; and King Francis the first of France to command that justice should be done upon the Murderers ...
Page 139
Arthur Quiller-Couch. 92 ΜΕΝ Of Death . I EN fear Death as children fear to go in the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales , so is the other . Certainly , the contempla- tion of Death , as the wages of sin ...
Arthur Quiller-Couch. 92 ΜΕΝ Of Death . I EN fear Death as children fear to go in the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales , so is the other . Certainly , the contempla- tion of Death , as the wages of sin ...
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... death by which we may be literally said to die daily , a death which Adam died before his mortality ; a death whereby we live a middle and moderating point between life and death ; in fine , so like death , I dare not trust it without ...
... death by which we may be literally said to die daily , a death which Adam died before his mortality ; a death whereby we live a middle and moderating point between life and death ; in fine , so like death , I dare not trust it without ...
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