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... Evidences , Doctrines , and Duties of the Christian Religion . Guizot's Representative Government . Translated by A. R. SCOBLE . History of the English Revo- lution of 1640. Translated by WILLIAM HAZLITT . Portrait . - History of ...
... Evidences , Doctrines , and Duties of the Christian Religion . Guizot's Representative Government . Translated by A. R. SCOBLE . History of the English Revo- lution of 1640. Translated by WILLIAM HAZLITT . Portrait . - History of ...
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... evidence of others . Where these testimonies concur , no higher degree of historical certainty can be obtained ; and they apparently concur to prove , that Browne was a zealous adherent to the faith of Christ , that he lived in ...
... evidence of others . Where these testimonies concur , no higher degree of historical certainty can be obtained ; and they apparently concur to prove , that Browne was a zealous adherent to the faith of Christ , that he lived in ...
Page xlvii
... evidence that Browne's contributions were con- siderable : -The tract , Of Garlands , & c . , and probably the Observations on Grafting , were written for the use of Evelyn . It is , however , very much to be regretted , that so little ...
... evidence that Browne's contributions were con- siderable : -The tract , Of Garlands , & c . , and probably the Observations on Grafting , were written for the use of Evelyn . It is , however , very much to be regretted , that so little ...
Page xlviii
... evidence that he spared neither expense nor trouble , neither admonition , exam- ple , nor encouragement , to attain it . One remarkable feature in his plan is , however , very evident , that he did not keep them at home ; but ...
... evidence that he spared neither expense nor trouble , neither admonition , exam- ple , nor encouragement , to attain it . One remarkable feature in his plan is , however , very evident , that he did not keep them at home ; but ...
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... evidence that he wrote that journal ) , sufficiently shows that he had acquired some taste for adventure , and was ready enough to play his part . The greater part of the following year he passed at college , and at the close of 1664 ...
... evidence that he wrote that journal ) , sufficiently shows that he had acquired some taste for adventure , and was ready enough to play his part . The greater part of the following year he passed at college , and at the close of 1664 ...
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Page xxxviii - Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato to unfold What worlds, or what vast regions, hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Page 348 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Page 31 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Page 433 - So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.