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Page 216 - And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Page 83 - Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report ; if there be any virtue, if there be any praise, think on these things.
Page 41 - When any Scholar is able to understand Tully, or such like classical Latin Author extempore, and make and speak true Latin in Verse and Prose, suo ut aiunt Marte, and decline perfectly the Paradigms of Nouns and Verbs in the Greek tongue, let him then and not before be capable of admission into the College.
Page 42 - ... found able to read the originals of the Old and New Testaments into the Latin tongue, and to resolve them logically, withal being of godly life and conversation, and at any public act hath the approbation of the overseers and master of the college, is fit to be dignified with his first degree.
Page 279 - ... which he deals, you may hear them above all the din and shouts of the battle - Stones and beams are hailed down on the bold champion - he regards them no more than if they were thistle-down or feathers!" "By Saint John of Acre," said Ivanhoe, raising himself joyfully on his couch, "methought there was but one man in England that might do such a deed!" "The postern gate shakes," continued Rebecca; "it crashes - it is splintered by his blows - they rush in - the outwork is won - Oh, God!
Page 194 - O ! when, thou city of my God, Shall I thy courts ascend, Where congregations ne'er break up, And Sabbaths have no end...
Page 242 - Soldiers, — You are precipitated like a torrent from the heights of the Appenines ; you have overthrown and dispersed all that dared to oppose your march. Piedmont, rescued from Austrian tyranny, is left to its natural sentiments of regard and friendship to the French. Milan is yours ; and the republican standard is displayed throughout all Lombardy. The dukes of Parma and Modena are indebted for their political existence only to your generosity. The army which so proudly menaced you, has had no...
Page 236 - The piety of a child is sweeter than the incense of Persia offered to the sun ; yea, more delicious than odours wafted from a field of Arabian spices by the western gales.
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