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Page 12
... on earth we cannot find it . Observe the galleries above , on double columns narrow and high , now seen , and now losing them- selves in the thick walls of the building . In olden THE GOTHIC PILE . 13 times , dark - dressed.
... on earth we cannot find it . Observe the galleries above , on double columns narrow and high , now seen , and now losing them- selves in the thick walls of the building . In olden THE GOTHIC PILE . 13 times , dark - dressed.
Page 13
... seen there , glid- ing to and fro in the dim light like flitting shadows , hasting to matins or vespers . Here and there are flights of steps of black mar- ble , leading to different chapels ; for the church was a chantry endowed with ...
... seen there , glid- ing to and fro in the dim light like flitting shadows , hasting to matins or vespers . Here and there are flights of steps of black mar- ble , leading to different chapels ; for the church was a chantry endowed with ...
Page 33
... seen , and at last , the earth was thrown out without even the spade being visible . When the sexton got out of the grave , Abel went with him . up to talk " Who is going to be buried here ? " said he . " A man that was old enough to be ...
... seen , and at last , the earth was thrown out without even the spade being visible . When the sexton got out of the grave , Abel went with him . up to talk " Who is going to be buried here ? " said he . " A man that was old enough to be ...
Page 74
... seen in his hollow eye ; but this was not all : vice was visible in his face , guilt was branded , as with a hot iron , on his brow , and horrid imprecations burst from his blaspheming tongue . The painter executed his task to the life ...
... seen in his hollow eye ; but this was not all : vice was visible in his face , guilt was branded , as with a hot iron , on his brow , and horrid imprecations burst from his blaspheming tongue . The painter executed his task to the life ...
Page 80
... seen in all directions , and the gleaners were picking up the scattered ears from the stubble . Farmer Blount was a wealthy man . He was in the corn- field with the reapers , when he suddenly fell to the ground . Some said that he was ...
... seen in all directions , and the gleaners were picking up the scattered ears from the stubble . Farmer Blount was a wealthy man . He was in the corn- field with the reapers , when he suddenly fell to the ground . Some said that he was ...
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Page 52 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 10 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
Page 96 - What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also : I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Page 41 - For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind : but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Page 160 - For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness : all these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Page 77 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 179 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 45 - OsING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
Page 96 - God indeed ; Without our aid he did us make : We are his flock, he doth us feed ; And for his sheep he doth us take.
Page 20 - Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.