The Gates Wide Open; Or, Scenes in Another WorldLee and Shepard, 1870 - 340 pages |
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... earth Be but the shadow of heaven , and things therein Each to other like , more than on earth is thought ? MILTON , P. L. , Book V. SOCRATES , before drinking the cup of hemlock , said to his disciples , " It is especially suited to ...
... earth Be but the shadow of heaven , and things therein Each to other like , more than on earth is thought ? MILTON , P. L. , Book V. SOCRATES , before drinking the cup of hemlock , said to his disciples , " It is especially suited to ...
Page xi
... Earth floating in its Atmosphere - These Observers described - The joyful Greetings of Mrs. Jay and Peter Schlemihl in upper Air - Their Colloquy - Peter describes his Sickness and Death - Of the City of God - Mrs . Jay and Peter alight ...
... Earth floating in its Atmosphere - These Observers described - The joyful Greetings of Mrs. Jay and Peter Schlemihl in upper Air - Their Colloquy - Peter describes his Sickness and Death - Of the City of God - Mrs . Jay and Peter alight ...
Page xii
... Earth and the World of Beauty - Tibertius gives a Recitation to Mrs. Jay and Perpetua of a Sermon Preached in the Metropolis by St. John Chrysostom 140 CHAPTER VII . Mrs. Jay rises at an early Hour - Her Recollections of her Infancy ...
... Earth and the World of Beauty - Tibertius gives a Recitation to Mrs. Jay and Perpetua of a Sermon Preached in the Metropolis by St. John Chrysostom 140 CHAPTER VII . Mrs. Jay rises at an early Hour - Her Recollections of her Infancy ...
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... Earth floating in ita Atmosphere - These Observers described - The joyful Greetings of Mrs. Jay and Peter Schlemihl in upper Air - Their Colloquy - Peter describes his Sickness and Death - Of the City of God -- Mrs . Jay and Peter ...
... Earth floating in ita Atmosphere - These Observers described - The joyful Greetings of Mrs. Jay and Peter Schlemihl in upper Air - Their Colloquy - Peter describes his Sickness and Death - Of the City of God -- Mrs . Jay and Peter ...
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... earth , like an eagle on wings of even poise , did this shining one circle over the plains below . And while thus occupied and absorbed , angel forms from the empyrean , appeared in the distance , with the suddenness of falling stars ...
... earth , like an eagle on wings of even poise , did this shining one circle over the plains below . And while thus occupied and absorbed , angel forms from the empyrean , appeared in the distance , with the suddenness of falling stars ...
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Page 302 - Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him?
Page 106 - If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Page 66 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...
Page 265 - HEAR, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: For the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me.
Page 42 - Christians here, and of these we have a great multitude which no man can number. of all nations, and kindreds, and peoples, and tongues.
Page 352 - To him that hath loved me, and washed me from my sins in his own blood, to him be glory both now and forever.
Page 215 - British, to signify that power of the mind which perceives truth, or commands belief, not by progressive argumentation, but by an instantaneous, instinctive, and irresistible impulse ; derived neither from education nor from habit, but from nature...
Page 106 - And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child; and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Page 97 - Commander : he above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a Tow'r ; his form had yet not lost All her Original brightness, nor appear'd Less than Arch Angel ruin'd, and th...
Page 96 - And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But now begins ; for, from this happy day, The Old Dragon, under ground In straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.