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... interest , transient as it may be , which this work has excited . The dexterous Capuchins never choose to preach on the life and mira - ponding uniformity in the cause . cles of a saint , till they have awakened the devotional feelings ...
... interest , transient as it may be , which this work has excited . The dexterous Capuchins never choose to preach on the life and mira - ponding uniformity in the cause . cles of a saint , till they have awakened the devotional feelings ...
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... interest ; but it is not the interest which is graceful porticos , in which his countrymen paid their vows to the God of Light and God- dess of Desire , than with those huge and gro tesque labyrinths of eternal granite , in which Egypt ...
... interest ; but it is not the interest which is graceful porticos , in which his countrymen paid their vows to the God of Light and God- dess of Desire , than with those huge and gro tesque labyrinths of eternal granite , in which Egypt ...
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... interest - who had been destined , be- fore heaven and earth were created , to enjoy and earth should have passed ... interests . Not content with acknowledging , in general terms , an overruling Providence , they habitually ascribed ...
... interest - who had been destined , be- fore heaven and earth were created , to enjoy and earth should have passed ... interests . Not content with acknowledging , in general terms , an overruling Providence , they habitually ascribed ...
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... interest in its greatness . Its victories are their victories . Its defeats are their defeats . The contract loses something of its mercantile character . The services of the soldier are considered as the effects of patriotic zeal , his ...
... interest in its greatness . Its victories are their victories . Its defeats are their defeats . The contract loses something of its mercantile character . The services of the soldier are considered as the effects of patriotic zeal , his ...
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... interest in its event , every thing is forgotten , but the victory of Agincourt ! Francis Sforza , on the other hand , was the model of the Italian hero . He made his employers and his rivals alike his tools . He first overpowered his ...
... interest in its event , every thing is forgotten , but the victory of Agincourt ! Francis Sforza , on the other hand , was the model of the Italian hero . He made his employers and his rivals alike his tools . He first overpowered his ...
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