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... Rome . If you can glance at some parts of it you may find it significant . account of the way in which the filioque clause entered the Nicene Creed is curious ; and the testimony of such a man as Ffoulke to the past and present of the ...
... Rome . If you can glance at some parts of it you may find it significant . account of the way in which the filioque clause entered the Nicene Creed is curious ; and the testimony of such a man as Ffoulke to the past and present of the ...
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... Rome as the model of devoutness , are surely mistaken . The baptismal font was an old fountain from the temple of Bacchus , and had the head of the inebriated god , the vine- leaves , grapes , and thyrsi looking the worshippers in the ...
... Rome as the model of devoutness , are surely mistaken . The baptismal font was an old fountain from the temple of Bacchus , and had the head of the inebriated god , the vine- leaves , grapes , and thyrsi looking the worshippers in the ...
Page 126
... Rome and join the portion of our party that has gone on there . Half the Easter week has been lost by me , but I do not regret it much . I should like merely to see the Pope once , and then take Rome itself quietly . I have been reading ...
... Rome and join the portion of our party that has gone on there . Half the Easter week has been lost by me , but I do not regret it much . I should like merely to see the Pope once , and then take Rome itself quietly . I have been reading ...
Page 128
... ROME , April 24 , 1870 . I received your letter some days ago , and have been wishing every day for a quiet hour to answer it . This evening ( Sabbath ) I have read it over again with a painful interest , not knowing how this letter may ...
... ROME , April 24 , 1870 . I received your letter some days ago , and have been wishing every day for a quiet hour to answer it . This evening ( Sabbath ) I have read it over again with a painful interest , not knowing how this letter may ...
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... Rome I did not meet a human being - ruined sepulchres at every step -- and it was the highway of Rome to all the South and East . It was a glorious day - the Alban and Sabine hills clear in every pinnacle , the distant Apennines white ...
... Rome I did not meet a human being - ruined sepulchres at every step -- and it was the highway of Rome to all the South and East . It was a glorious day - the Alban and Sabine hills clear in every pinnacle , the distant Apennines white ...
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Page 307 - When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no not in Israel.
Page 62 - DAY! Faster and more fast, O'er night's brim, day boils at last : Boils, pure gold, o'er the cloud-cup's brim Where spurting and suppressed it lay. For not a froth-flake touched the rim Of yonder gap in the solid gray Of the eastern cloud, an hour away ; But forth one wavelet, then another, curled, Till the whole sunrise, not to be suppressed...
Page 88 - Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not : behold, your GOD will come with vengeance, even GOD with a recompense ; He will come and save you.
Page 29 - ... the blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills ; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Page 25 - Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Page 94 - And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green, And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen? And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills, And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic Mills? Bring me my Bow of burning gold, Bring me my arrows of desire ; Bring me my spear : O clouds, unfold ! Bring me my Chariot of fire ! I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand, Till we have built Jerusalem...