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... kind of engraving . The illustration with " The Deluge " was a view of the Old World , a design directly on the plate , in line and mezzotinto en- graving . The work was much admired ; the periodicals gave it a high character , and yet ...
... kind of engraving . The illustration with " The Deluge " was a view of the Old World , a design directly on the plate , in line and mezzotinto en- graving . The work was much admired ; the periodicals gave it a high character , and yet ...
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... kind as the effects of voluntary sinfulness . In his own conduct spotless , he thought his ex- cellence in manner the result of virtue ; for he had never found it necessary to restrain those prone inclinations which he attributed to the ...
... kind as the effects of voluntary sinfulness . In his own conduct spotless , he thought his ex- cellence in manner the result of virtue ; for he had never found it necessary to restrain those prone inclinations which he attributed to the ...
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... kind of enthusiasm to take strange views , and , without feeling that he was only yielding to an empassioned temperament - he often gave way to imaginations , as the dictates of religion , which had no higher source than his own mind ...
... kind of enthusiasm to take strange views , and , without feeling that he was only yielding to an empassioned temperament - he often gave way to imaginations , as the dictates of religion , which had no higher source than his own mind ...
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... kind of men of a baser nature than humanity , and that there are others of surpassing magnanimity - of such are heroes and the great in action , whose lustre throws the commonalty of the world into sordid shade . Whether there be any ...
... kind of men of a baser nature than humanity , and that there are others of surpassing magnanimity - of such are heroes and the great in action , whose lustre throws the commonalty of the world into sordid shade . Whether there be any ...
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... kind of pastime than these controversies . One in so high a station as God's providence has called you to , must mingle more with the world than be ever extracting truth from books , honey to the mind though it be . " Henry was a good ...
... kind of pastime than these controversies . One in so high a station as God's providence has called you to , must mingle more with the world than be ever extracting truth from books , honey to the mind though it be . " Henry was a good ...
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Page 208 - MARY'S DREAM The moon had climbed the highest hill Which rises o'er the source of Dee, And from the eastern summit shed Her silver light on tower and tree; When Mary laid her down to sleep, Her thoughts on Sandy far at sea, When, soft and low, a voice was heard, Saying: "Mary, weep no more for me!
Page 178 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Page 5 - IMMEDIATELY after the celebrated battle of Pavia, in which Francis I. of France was taken prisoner by the Emperor Charles V...
Page 8 - But her self-command altogether forsook her, when, after the prescribed formula of service was at an end, her uncle again kneeled down reverently on the cushion by his bed-side, and prayed fervently for her and for her future happiness, and that the Almighty protection might be extended over her when it should please Heaven to remove him from this earthly scene. And when, as connected with this dearest object of his heart, he put up earnest petitions for him who was already destined to be her husband...