Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber: Or, The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice and KnowledgeShepherd & Elliot, 1856 - 455 pages |
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... ages ; but all the while it was busily at work beneath those imposing imperial structures which arose in the middle ages . It had not been cast out of the body politic ; it was still there , operating with noiseless but resistless ...
... ages ; but all the while it was busily at work beneath those imposing imperial structures which arose in the middle ages . It had not been cast out of the body politic ; it was still there , operating with noiseless but resistless ...
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... ages a - building , and the erec- tion of which swallowed up the revenues of provinces , -beneath whose roof , ample enough to cover thousands and tens of thousands , you may see a solitary priest , singing a solemn dirge over a ...
... ages a - building , and the erec- tion of which swallowed up the revenues of provinces , -beneath whose roof , ample enough to cover thousands and tens of thousands , you may see a solitary priest , singing a solemn dirge over a ...
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... ages ? War , with his red eye , his iron feet , and his gleaming brand , marching in the van ; and commerce , and arts , and Chris- tianity , following in the wake of this blood - besmeared Ana- kim . Such has ever been the order of ...
... ages ? War , with his red eye , his iron feet , and his gleaming brand , marching in the van ; and commerce , and arts , and Chris- tianity , following in the wake of this blood - besmeared Ana- kim . Such has ever been the order of ...
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... ages . trograde five full centuries when you step across the line . We ate our supper , as did the Israelites their last meal in Egypt , with our loins girded , ―scarce even our great - coats put off , and our staff in our hand . Now ...
... ages . trograde five full centuries when you step across the line . We ate our supper , as did the Israelites their last meal in Egypt , with our loins girded , ―scarce even our great - coats put off , and our staff in our hand . Now ...
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... ages to collect , as it would volumes to describe . Not the least interesting sight there is the gods of Egypt , cats , ibises , fish , monkeys , heads of calves and bulls , all lying in their original swathings . I looked narrowly at ...
... ages to collect , as it would volumes to describe . Not the least interesting sight there is the gods of Egypt , cats , ibises , fish , monkeys , heads of calves and bulls , all lying in their original swathings . I looked narrowly at ...
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ages Alps amid ancient appeared beauty believe called carried century Christianity Church cloud course covered dark door earth entered eternal Europe face fact feel feet followed gate give glory Government hand head hills hour hundred Italian Italy land liberty light living look mark mass miles mind morning mountains never night noble once Papacy Papal passed persons picture plain poor Pope postilion present priests prison religion remains rich rise road Roman Rome round ruin seemed seen short side stands stood streets subjects summit taken temple things thought thousand told town trade truth turned valley Vaudois Venice walls waters whole worship young
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Page 84 - The sons also- of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee ; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet ; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Page 334 - The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Page 335 - Who have for my life laid down their own necks : unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
Page 301 - For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death : for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Page 336 - Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
Page 364 - And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength: A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Page 298 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 329 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Page 58 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 55 - For the strength of the hills we bless Thee, our God, our fathers