The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Younger Members of the English Church, Volume 27John & Charles Mozley, 1854 |
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... taken , and in it Bertrand de Born , who was led before the king to receive the punish- ment he deserved , and there he stood silent and dejected . ' Hast thou nothing to say for thyself ? ' said the king . ' Where is all thy ready flow ...
... taken , and in it Bertrand de Born , who was led before the king to receive the punish- ment he deserved , and there he stood silent and dejected . ' Hast thou nothing to say for thyself ? ' said the king . ' Where is all thy ready flow ...
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... taken from him , provided he will immediately wed my sister Alice to his son Richard , and secure to him the succession of the crown . I also demand that his son John should go to Palestine with his brother , or he will disturb the ...
... taken from him , provided he will immediately wed my sister Alice to his son Richard , and secure to him the succession of the crown . I also demand that his son John should go to Palestine with his brother , or he will disturb the ...
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... taken into the church , and absolution was pronounced over him , but no persuasion would induce him to revoke his curses against his sons ; the delirium returned , and the last words that were heard from his dying lips were , ' Shame ...
... taken into the church , and absolution was pronounced over him , but no persuasion would induce him to revoke his curses against his sons ; the delirium returned , and the last words that were heard from his dying lips were , ' Shame ...
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... taken by his father to Acqs , and placed in a school belonging to the Cordelier Friars . He was then only twelve years old , but he was quite aware that his family had given up much in order to secure him a good education , and he ...
... taken by his father to Acqs , and placed in a school belonging to the Cordelier Friars . He was then only twelve years old , but he was quite aware that his family had given up much in order to secure him a good education , and he ...
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... taken prisoners , and carried off to Barbary . There they were sold as slaves . Vincent was first bought by a fisherman , but as he had not strength for hard work , he was soon sold again to an old physician , who was kind to him , and ...
... taken prisoners , and carried off to Barbary . There they were sold as slaves . Vincent was first bought by a fisherman , but as he had not strength for hard work , he was soon sold again to an old physician , who was kind to him , and ...
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Page 249 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Page 257 - Nothing useless is, or low ; Each thing in its place is best ; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest. For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled ; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build.
Page 301 - Enters Alagna; in his Vicar Christ Himself a captive, and his mockery Acted again. Lo! to his holy lip The vinegar and gall once more applied ; And he 'twixt living robbers doom'd to bleed. Lo ! the new Pilate, of whose cruelty Such violence cannot fill the measure up, With no decree to sanction, pushes on Into the temple
Page 3 - Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools : for they consider not that they do evil.
Page 82 - In that day there shall be a fountain opened To the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem For sin and for uncleanness.
Page 242 - He ascended into heaven, He sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God almighty : from whence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. At Whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies : and shall give account for their own works. And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting : and they that have done evil into everlasting fire.
Page 86 - Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
Page 242 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Page 1 - Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. 11 Walk about Sion, and go round about her; and tell the towers thereof. 12 Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses, that ye may tell them that come after. 13 For this God is our God for ever and ever : He shall be our guide unto death.
Page 1 - Close thine eyes, and sleep secure; Thy soul is safe, thy body sure : He that guards thee, he that keeps, Never slumbers, never sleeps. A quiet conscience in the breast Has only peace, has only rest: The music and the mirth of kings Are out of tune unless she sings. Then close thine eyes in peace, and sleep secure — No sleep so sweet as thine, no rest so sure!