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... temple to the Living God raised in this island , wherein they might unite together for his divine worship . The honoured instrument of effecting this pur- pose was Her Majesty the Queen Dowager , who during her visit last winter saw the ...
... temple to the Living God raised in this island , wherein they might unite together for his divine worship . The honoured instrument of effecting this pur- pose was Her Majesty the Queen Dowager , who during her visit last winter saw the ...
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... temple taken off and placed on the ground ; so it appears to us , at least , accustomed to see cupolas in the former situation only ; for to the an- cients , the summit of a modern temple might appear the Pantheon raised in the air . 99 ...
... temple taken off and placed on the ground ; so it appears to us , at least , accustomed to see cupolas in the former situation only ; for to the an- cients , the summit of a modern temple might appear the Pantheon raised in the air . 99 ...
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... temple to All the Saints , so that now every visitor may find therein an altar raised to his own tutelar saint or angel , as formerly every worshipper could address himself to the culiar God of his own nation or country . It seems to be ...
... temple to All the Saints , so that now every visitor may find therein an altar raised to his own tutelar saint or angel , as formerly every worshipper could address himself to the culiar God of his own nation or country . It seems to be ...
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... Temple and St. John , the siege was determined on . Their attack was made against the west and north , which were not defended by continued walls , but fortified by ditches and towers at frequent intervals . The city seemed to be in ...
... Temple and St. John , the siege was determined on . Their attack was made against the west and north , which were not defended by continued walls , but fortified by ditches and towers at frequent intervals . The city seemed to be in ...
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... temples . The port bounded by the two promontories , by the north - east part of the city , and the Heptas- tadium ... temple of Serapis , which , after the establishment of Christianity , was for a long time a grievous offence to the ...
... temples . The port bounded by the two promontories , by the north - east part of the city , and the Heptas- tadium ... temple of Serapis , which , after the establishment of Christianity , was for a long time a grievous offence to the ...
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Popular passages
Page 79 - And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Page 212 - Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) 2.
Page 164 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low : And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 168 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom : a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Page 260 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 48 - Like to the falling of a star; Or as the flights of eagles are; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue; Or silver drops of morning dew; Or like a wind that chafes the flood; Or bubbles which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and paid to night. The wind blows out; the bubble dies; The spring entombed in autumn lies; The dew dries up; the star is shot; The flight is past; and man forgot.
Page 39 - The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Page 240 - Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, — Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore.
Page 87 - And when it was day, they knew not the land : but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
Page 130 - ROCK of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee ! Let the water and the blood, From Thy riven side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Cleanse me from its guilt and power.