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... kings : immediately all of them arife from their thrones , and walk forward to meet the king of Babylon ; they infult and deride him , and gather con- folation from his calamity . Art thou alfo made weak as we ? art thou made like unto ...
... kings : immediately all of them arife from their thrones , and walk forward to meet the king of Babylon ; they infult and deride him , and gather con- folation from his calamity . Art thou alfo made weak as we ? art thou made like unto ...
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... king of Babylon caft out : they furvey it closely and attentively , and at laft hardly know it . Is this the man who made earth tremble , who shook the kingdoms ? Who made the world a folitude , and deftroyed it's cities ? They reproach ...
... king of Babylon caft out : they furvey it closely and attentively , and at laft hardly know it . Is this the man who made earth tremble , who shook the kingdoms ? Who made the world a folitude , and deftroyed it's cities ? They reproach ...
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... king , during his exile , had seen and admired the fplendor of the court of Louis XIV . and endeavoured to introduce the fame luxury into the English court . The common opinion , that this was the Augustan age in England , is ex ...
... king , during his exile , had seen and admired the fplendor of the court of Louis XIV . and endeavoured to introduce the fame luxury into the English court . The common opinion , that this was the Augustan age in England , is ex ...
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