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History of the Christian Church, from the first to the fifteenth century - Page 98
by Thomas Burr Sikes - 1885 - 303 pages
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Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records ..., Volume 10

William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 370 pages
...of his audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his piercing eye, his gracious smile, his flowing beard, his countenance, that painted every sensation of his soul, and his gestures that enforced each expression of the tongue. In the familiar offices of...
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A Dissertation on the Prophecies, that Have Been Fulfilled, are Now ...

George Stanley Faber - 1808 - 596 pages
...distinguished for his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, hii piercing eye, his gracious smile, his countenance that painted every sensation of the...gestures that enforced each expression of the tongue — To this objection the answer is sufficiently obvious. Daniel is not describing the aiftcl of a...
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A Dissertation on the Prophecies, that Have Been Fulfilled, are ..., Volume 1

George Stanley Faber - 1808 - 304 pages
...distinguished for his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his piercing eye, his gracious smile, his countenance that painted every sensation of the...gestures that enforced each expression of the tongue — To this objection the answer is sufficiently obvious. Daniel is not describing the aspect of a...
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The History of the Waldenses: Connected with a Sketch of the ..., Volume 1

William Jones - 1816 - 500 pages
...of his audience, who applauded his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his piercing eye, his gracious smile, his flowing beard, his countenance...condescension and affability to the poorest citizens of Mecca. His memory was capacious and retentive, his wit easy and social, his imagination sublime, his judgment...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 6

Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 488 pages
...private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his piercing eye, his gracious smile, his flowing beard, his countenance...and powerful was dignified by his condescension and afl'aiii I i( v to the poorest citizens of Mecca : the frankness of his manner concealed the artifice...
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The History of the Waldenses: Connected with a Sketch of the ..., Volume 1

William Jones - 1816 - 492 pages
...endeavoured to seize the more promincut ftatnrcs of tbc portrait. SEcT. v.] Principles of Mahomet. sensation of the soul, and his gestures that enforced...condescension and affability to the poorest citizens of Mecca. His memory was capacious and retentive, his wit easy and social, his imagination sublime, his judgment...
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The History of the Christian Church: From the Birth of Christ to ..., Volume 1

William Jones - 1819 - 626 pages
...applauded his commanding presence,, his majestic aspect, his piercing eye, his gracious smile, his Sowing beard, his countenance that painted every sensation...condescension and affability to the poorest citizens of Mecca. His memory was capacious and retentive, his wit easy and social, his imagination sublime, his judgment...
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Universal History Americanised; Or, An Historical View of the World, from ...

David Ramsay - 1819 - 386 pages
...painted every sensation of the soul, and his gestures that enforced each expression of the tongue. His respectful attention to the rich and powerful,...citizens of Mecca: the frankness of his manner concealed his views, and his habits of courtesy were imputed to personal friendship, or universal benevolence....
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The Works of the Rev. Thomas Zouch ... With a Memoir of His Life ..., Volume 1

Thomas Zouch, Francis Wrangham - 1820 - 558 pages
...the most appropriate and distinct. t Vertot's Knights of Malta, I. 4. aspect, his piercing eye, his gracious smile, his flowing beard, his countenance...gestures that enforced each expression of the tongue*." — " By the charms of his conversation, and by the elegance of his manners, he obtained the favour...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 9

Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 528 pages
...private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his piercing eye, his gracious smile, his flowing beard, his countenance that painted every sensation of the sonl, and his gestures that enforced each expression of the tongue. In the familiar offices of life...
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