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... saint from sanctus , religion from religio , bishop and archbishop from episcopus ( from the Greek èniczonos ) and archiepiscopus , priest from presbyter2 ( πpeoBútepos ) , deacon from diaconus ( ôtázovos ) , apostle , angel ( likewise ...
... saint from sanctus , religion from religio , bishop and archbishop from episcopus ( from the Greek èniczonos ) and archiepiscopus , priest from presbyter2 ( πpeoBútepos ) , deacon from diaconus ( ôtázovos ) , apostle , angel ( likewise ...
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... saints , whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold , Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old , When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones . " Or his sublime Nativity Hymn : — " This is the month and this the ...
... saints , whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold , Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old , When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones . " Or his sublime Nativity Hymn : — " This is the month and this the ...
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... Saints , or the living laws of Divine governance , or the Divine attributes ; something are they beside themselves , which we cannot compass , which we cannot utter- though mortal man , and he perhaps not otherwise distinguished above ...
... Saints , or the living laws of Divine governance , or the Divine attributes ; something are they beside themselves , which we cannot compass , which we cannot utter- though mortal man , and he perhaps not otherwise distinguished above ...
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... saints , " where each one finds the most truthful description of his own situation , especially in seasons of affliction . It has retained its hold upon the veneration and affections of pious Jews and Christians for these three thousand ...
... saints , " where each one finds the most truthful description of his own situation , especially in seasons of affliction . It has retained its hold upon the veneration and affections of pious Jews and Christians for these three thousand ...
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... which inspired the sublimest solo in the sublimest musical composition , those words graven in the rock forever , where this patriarchal sage and saint of the order of Melchisedec expresses his faith 76 THE POETRY OF THE BIBLE .
... which inspired the sublimest solo in the sublimest musical composition , those words graven in the rock forever , where this patriarchal sage and saint of the order of Melchisedec expresses his faith 76 THE POETRY OF THE BIBLE .
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Page 38 - I STOOD in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand ; I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land Look'd to the winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles...
Page 85 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 40 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted— nevermore!
Page 373 - Per me si va nell' eterno dolore, Per me si va tra la perduta gente. Giustizia mosse il mio alto fattore: Fecemi la divina potestate, 5 La somma sapienza e il primo amore. Dinanzi a me non fur cose create, Se non eterne, ed io eterno duro: * Lasciate ogni speranza, voi, ch
Page 28 - Liberty first and Union afterwards ; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable.
Page 16 - I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul ; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres ; Thy knotted and combined locks to part ; And each particular hair to stand an end. Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 86 - Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction ; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Page 100 - Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
Page 378 - Christ will come when a great multitude which no man can number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues...
Page 98 - And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.