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Page 27
... called to make their choice betwixt God and Baal . The ancient su- perstition - the abomination of our fathers - is raising its head , and flinging abroad its snares , under the protection of the princes of the earth ; but she raises ...
... called to make their choice betwixt God and Baal . The ancient su- perstition - the abomination of our fathers - is raising its head , and flinging abroad its snares , under the protection of the princes of the earth ; but she raises ...
Page 33
... into society with some individual whose claims to what is called a serious character stand considerably higher than our own , and with VOL . II . C whom , therefore , we have conceived ourselves likely to PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 33.
... into society with some individual whose claims to what is called a serious character stand considerably higher than our own , and with VOL . II . C whom , therefore , we have conceived ourselves likely to PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 33.
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... called in prose the twilight . It is probable both parties may , on such occasions , have been the bet- ter for their encounter , even if it went no farther than to establish for the time a community of feeling between men , who ...
... called in prose the twilight . It is probable both parties may , on such occasions , have been the bet- ter for their encounter , even if it went no farther than to establish for the time a community of feeling between men , who ...
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... called Julian's attention to the plate from which they had been eating , Bridgenorth seemed to think an apology necessary for such superfluous expence . " It was a symptom , " he said , " of approach- ing danger , when men , who were ...
... called Julian's attention to the plate from which they had been eating , Bridgenorth seemed to think an apology necessary for such superfluous expence . " It was a symptom , " he said , " of approach- ing danger , when men , who were ...
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... is within their own minds . There I remained for a time , during the wars which the colony main- tained with Philip , a great Indian Chief , or Sa- " chem , as they were called , who seemed a 44 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK ,
... is within their own minds . There I remained for a time , during the wars which the colony main- tained with Philip , a great Indian Chief , or Sa- " chem , as they were called , who seemed a 44 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK ,
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Page 47 - ... fell fast by their unerring fire. In this state of confusion, and while we were about to adopt the desperate project of evacuating the village, and, placing the women and children in the centre, of attempting a retreat to the nearest settlement, it pleased Heaven to send us unexpected assistance. A tall man, of a reverend appearance, whom no one...
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