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... hundreds of years after its translation to glory ! I like to linger at the well - supplied stalls of second - hand books , and to turn over the leaves of the volumes exposed for sale , from the twopenny box of all sorts at the door , to ...
... hundreds of years after its translation to glory ! I like to linger at the well - supplied stalls of second - hand books , and to turn over the leaves of the volumes exposed for sale , from the twopenny box of all sorts at the door , to ...
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... hundred shekels of iron : and one bearing a shield went before him : " 1 Sam . xvii . 4-7 . How beauti- fully clear is this description ! As I read it the Philistine giant seems to stride before me , and I can almost see his ugly ...
... hundred shekels of iron : and one bearing a shield went before him : " 1 Sam . xvii . 4-7 . How beauti- fully clear is this description ! As I read it the Philistine giant seems to stride before me , and I can almost see his ugly ...
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... hundred thousand stand of arms have been consumed , with other property to a very great amount . The flames were dreadful , flaring up high in the air , and melting , into one amalgamated mass , thousands of gunlocks , bayo- nets , and ...
... hundred thousand stand of arms have been consumed , with other property to a very great amount . The flames were dreadful , flaring up high in the air , and melting , into one amalgamated mass , thousands of gunlocks , bayo- nets , and ...
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... hundred tons , and cost eleven thousand pounds . The statue of Queen Anne , in the area , sur- rounded with the allegorical figures of Great Britain and Ireland , France and America ; the double rows of black marble steps ; the noble ...
... hundred tons , and cost eleven thousand pounds . The statue of Queen Anne , in the area , sur- rounded with the allegorical figures of Great Britain and Ireland , France and America ; the double rows of black marble steps ; the noble ...
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... hundred thousand pounds were received to repair St. Paul's ; and the work was begun by sir Inigo Jones . The chapels and altars of St. Paul's , before the Reformation , were very numerous , and the rites of the Romish religion were ...
... hundred thousand pounds were received to repair St. Paul's ; and the work was begun by sir Inigo Jones . The chapels and altars of St. Paul's , before the Reformation , were very numerous , and the rites of the Romish religion were ...
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