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Page 11
... of the world's architecture , the " watches of the ele- ment " which guide us yet were framed and " set in the firmament of heaven " at that distant and uncertain period whose " evening and morning were the fourth INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . II.
... of the world's architecture , the " watches of the ele- ment " which guide us yet were framed and " set in the firmament of heaven " at that distant and uncertain period whose " evening and morning were the fourth INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . II.
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Thomas Kibble Hervey. uncertain period whose " evening and morning were the fourth day . " Nor did the beneficent power which erected these great meters of time in the constitution of the universe leave the world without suggestions how ...
Thomas Kibble Hervey. uncertain period whose " evening and morning were the fourth day . " Nor did the beneficent power which erected these great meters of time in the constitution of the universe leave the world without suggestions how ...
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... periods marked out by the revolutions of our celestial guides - have been aggregated and divided after methods almost as various as the nations of the earth . Years have been composed into cycles and olympiads and generations and reigns ...
... periods marked out by the revolutions of our celestial guides - have been aggregated and divided after methods almost as various as the nations of the earth . Years have been composed into cycles and olympiads and generations and reigns ...
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... period of life ; the weeds which the world and its cares had fostered are again and again cleared away from the sweet and wholesome fountain of tears ; the fading inscriptions of other years are renewed , to yield their morals to the ...
... period of life ; the weeds which the world and its cares had fostered are again and again cleared away from the sweet and wholesome fountain of tears ; the fading inscriptions of other years are renewed , to yield their morals to the ...
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... period so protracted as that of twelve whole months . In that long space of time , besides the uncer- tainty of what may happen to ourselves , there is but too much reason to fear that , unless a change for the better should take place ...
... period so protracted as that of twelve whole months . In that long space of time , besides the uncer- tainty of what may happen to ourselves , there is but too much reason to fear that , unless a change for the better should take place ...
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50 cents amid amongst amusements ancestors ancient appears ballads beautiful birds called carols celebration ceremonies character cheer Christ Christian Christmas day Christmas Eve Church court curious customs daie dancing districts of England domum door dulce domum England Father Christmas feast feelings festival forms furnish gentleman George Ferrers give Gray's Inn hall hath heart Illustrated joyous king lady land laugh light London look Lord of Misrule masque Master memory ment mention merry mingled mirth monarch moral morning mysterious never night observances occasion old Christmas pantomime performed period play pleasant Polydore Virgil Portrait practice present Puritans queen readers reign revels rich rosemary round Saint George Sandys Saturnalia says season sing solemn song speak spirit Stephen's Day superstitions sweet thee things Thomas Cawarden thou tion turkeys Twelfth-night verses voices wassail wassail-bowl winter young courtier Yule