The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz: Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia Thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &c. ... In Letters to His Friend : Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; But the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts ...D. Browne, 1738 - Europe |
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... finest Libraries in Europe , but General Tilly carry'd it off in 1622. and sent it to Rome , where it makes a confiderable Part of the Vatican Library . Lewis the Dauphin of France , Grandfather of Lewis XV . made him- felf Master of ...
... finest Libraries in Europe , but General Tilly carry'd it off in 1622. and sent it to Rome , where it makes a confiderable Part of the Vatican Library . Lewis the Dauphin of France , Grandfather of Lewis XV . made him- felf Master of ...
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... finest Towns in Ger- many ; but ' twas owing to the Proteftants , that the Elector remov'd to Manheim . What gave Occafion to it was this : The Proteftants of Heidelberg and the Catholics have one Church between them , where the Nave of ...
... finest Towns in Ger- many ; but ' twas owing to the Proteftants , that the Elector remov'd to Manheim . What gave Occafion to it was this : The Proteftants of Heidelberg and the Catholics have one Church between them , where the Nave of ...
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... finest Buildings that I have feen . ' Tis a vaft fquare Edifice , well - built of Free - stone . The Porch is all of Marble . Almost all the Rooms are wainscotted and ceil'd with very fine Timber . There's a Hall 110 Feet long , 58 ...
... finest Buildings that I have feen . ' Tis a vaft fquare Edifice , well - built of Free - stone . The Porch is all of Marble . Almost all the Rooms are wainscotted and ceil'd with very fine Timber . There's a Hall 110 Feet long , 58 ...
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... finest I ever faw . ' Tis 366 Feet in Length , and 76 in Breadth . It has 80 great Windows , and all round within there runs a fine Corridor or Gallery to hold the Spectators , when there are any Carroufels or Tournaments . This ...
... finest I ever faw . ' Tis 366 Feet in Length , and 76 in Breadth . It has 80 great Windows , and all round within there runs a fine Corridor or Gallery to hold the Spectators , when there are any Carroufels or Tournaments . This ...
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... finest Head of Hair that can be seen ; in fhort , he is a very amiable Prince : He loves Pleafure , but is not a Slave to it ; his favourite Sport is Hunting , which he follows commonly with the Princes his Brothers . Duke Clement is ...
... finest Head of Hair that can be seen ; in fhort , he is a very amiable Prince : He loves Pleafure , but is not a Slave to it ; his favourite Sport is Hunting , which he follows commonly with the Princes his Brothers . Duke Clement is ...
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Page 329 - Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
Page 343 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself; for no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church ; for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
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Page 318 - ... .which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places., (far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this world, but also in that which is to come...
Page 347 - And he blessed Joseph, and said, GOD, before Whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the GOD Which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel Which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads ; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac ; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
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Page 331 - I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread he shall live for ever : and the bread which I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world...
Page 307 - Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God,, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.