Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England ...: With Specimens of the Principal Writers, Volume 3C. Knight & Company, 1845 |
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... fit occa- sions to much majesty and even splendour . We will transcribe a portion of the concluding Chapter of the Third Book of the Sacred Theory of the Earth , entitled ' An Imperfect description of the Coming of our Saviour , and of ...
... fit occa- sions to much majesty and even splendour . We will transcribe a portion of the concluding Chapter of the Third Book of the Sacred Theory of the Earth , entitled ' An Imperfect description of the Coming of our Saviour , and of ...
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... fit for an angry God to come down upon . The countenance of the heavens will be dark and gloomy ; and a veil drawn over the face of the sun . The earth in a disposition every where to break into open flames . The tops of the mountains ...
... fit for an angry God to come down upon . The countenance of the heavens will be dark and gloomy ; and a veil drawn over the face of the sun . The earth in a disposition every where to break into open flames . The tops of the mountains ...
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... fit and efficacious , both to enforce the peti- tion and to endear the petitioner ? A short petition to a great man is not only a suit to him for his favour , but also a panegyric upon his parts . Here we have , if not much subtlety ...
... fit and efficacious , both to enforce the peti- tion and to endear the petitioner ? A short petition to a great man is not only a suit to him for his favour , but also a panegyric upon his parts . Here we have , if not much subtlety ...
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... fit of laughter , and , turning round to Lord Rochester , said , " Ods fish , Lory , your chaplain must be a bishop : put me in mind of him at the next death . " But , however much South may have enjoyed thus setting the Chapel Royal in ...
... fit of laughter , and , turning round to Lord Rochester , said , " Ods fish , Lory , your chaplain must be a bishop : put me in mind of him at the next death . " But , however much South may have enjoyed thus setting the Chapel Royal in ...
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... fit . " Here , " said the father ; " let me see them on you before I die . So ; very well ; pray , children , wear them clean , and brush them often . You will find in my will - here it is - full instructions in every particular con ...
... fit . " Here , " said the father ; " let me see them on you before I die . So ; very well ; pray , children , wear them clean , and brush them often . You will find in my will - here it is - full instructions in every particular con ...
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