The Contemporary Review, Volume 30A. Strahan, 1877 - Literature |
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... living in the year 1066. People who talk about old families sometimes forget the obvious fact that one family is really as old as another . Every family had some forefathers at any given . moment since the beginning of the world . The ...
... living in the year 1066. People who talk about old families sometimes forget the obvious fact that one family is really as old as another . Every family had some forefathers at any given . moment since the beginning of the world . The ...
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... living in 1434 , who was ancestor of " Thomas Levinge , Esq . ( elder brother of Mr. Serjeant Levinge , M.P. and recorder of Derby temp . JAMES I. ) , who purchased the manor of Parwick , co . Derby , 1561. " Nor Now we may be sure that ...
... living in 1434 , who was ancestor of " Thomas Levinge , Esq . ( elder brother of Mr. Serjeant Levinge , M.P. and recorder of Derby temp . JAMES I. ) , who purchased the manor of Parwick , co . Derby , 1561. " Nor Now we may be sure that ...
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... Living -the spellings are of course endless - never was a common Chris- tian name at any time , and it has gone out of use for ages . The pedigree - maker therefore did not understand that it was a Christian name at all . He thought ...
... Living -the spellings are of course endless - never was a common Chris- tian name at any time , and it has gone out of use for ages . The pedigree - maker therefore did not understand that it was a Christian name at all . He thought ...
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... living fresh in the minds of men , one might have had to turn to a Peerage . to find out whether the later hero was or was not a descend- ant of the earlier . There is no country which offers such strong temptations to fiction in the ...
... living fresh in the minds of men , one might have had to turn to a Peerage . to find out whether the later hero was or was not a descend- ant of the earlier . There is no country which offers such strong temptations to fiction in the ...
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... living eight or ten years more ; whilst the conjectures on the probable character of the next Conclave , based on the known characters of the present Cardinals may be rendered utterly worthless by a variety of causes - by the different ...
... living eight or ten years more ; whilst the conjectures on the probable character of the next Conclave , based on the known characters of the present Cardinals may be rendered utterly worthless by a variety of causes - by the different ...
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Page 799 - They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
Page 803 - The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
Page 801 - If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
Page 408 - Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
Page 396 - And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so ? 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil : but if well, why smitest thou me?
Page 299 - Soft roll your incense, herbs, and fruits, and flowers, In mingled clouds to him whose sun exalts, Whose breath perfumes you, and whose pencil paints.
Page 409 - Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
Page 564 - Love, from its awful throne of patient power In the wise heart, from the last giddy hour Of dread endurance, from the slippery, steep, And narrow verge of crag-like agony, springs And folds over the world its healing wings.
Page 805 - Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
Page 808 - Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.