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... regard the proselyte as on an equality with | themselves either as to present privileges or prospects for the future . No ceremonial initiation could obviate the permanent dis- advantages entailed by the fact that he was not of the seed ...
... regard the proselyte as on an equality with | themselves either as to present privileges or prospects for the future . No ceremonial initiation could obviate the permanent dis- advantages entailed by the fact that he was not of the seed ...
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... regard to association with idolaters , use of their belongings , and pur- chase of their commodities ; but something more of the nature of prejudice and animosity , than care not to contract ceremonial defile- ment , seems to be ...
... regard to association with idolaters , use of their belongings , and pur- chase of their commodities ; but something more of the nature of prejudice and animosity , than care not to contract ceremonial defile- ment , seems to be ...
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... regard to the last reference , one gets nearer to Old Scratch " in the O.H. German Serazza , incubi ( Steinmeyer and Sievers's Glossensammlung , ' 589 , vol . i . ) : this gives modern German Schratz - hobgoblin , which is not obsolete ...
... regard to the last reference , one gets nearer to Old Scratch " in the O.H. German Serazza , incubi ( Steinmeyer and Sievers's Glossensammlung , ' 589 , vol . i . ) : this gives modern German Schratz - hobgoblin , which is not obsolete ...
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... regard to previous entries in the paper , contributors are requested to put in parentheses , immediately after the exact heading , the series , volume , and page or pages to which they refer . Correspondents who repeat queries are ...
... regard to previous entries in the paper , contributors are requested to put in parentheses , immediately after the exact heading , the series , volume , and page or pages to which they refer . Correspondents who repeat queries are ...
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... regard of the bibliophile . He draws special attention to some early editions of the works of Miss Burney , many of which are in great demand . Five volumes of The Wanderer ' in the original boards are priced 127. 12s . , and other ...
... regard of the bibliophile . He draws special attention to some early editions of the works of Miss Burney , many of which are in great demand . Five volumes of The Wanderer ' in the original boards are priced 127. 12s . , and other ...
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Page 437 - And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him ; Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said ; Yea, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Page 13 - I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following ; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.
Page 379 - Sow an act, and you reap a Habit ; Sow a habit, and you reap a Character; Sow a character, and you reap a Destiny.
Page 39 - When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound; But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough.
Page 429 - I have never united myself to any church, because I have found difficulty in giving my assent, without mental reservation, to the long, complicated statements of Christian doctrine which characterize their Articles of Belief and Confessions of Faith. When any church will inscribe over its altar, as its sole qualification for membership...
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Page 67 - In this situation, as I could not conquer Nature, I submitted entirely to her, and she made as great a fool...
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Page 391 - It is that death by which we may be literally said to die daily; a death which Adam died before his mortality ; a death whereby we live a middle and moderating point between life and death: in fine, so like death, I dare not trust it without my prayers, and an half adieu unto the world, and take my farewell in a colloquy with God.