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... various figures are then connected by a groundwork of threads , which are so passed from one figure to another as to represent a web of wonderful delicacy and regularity : small spots or other figures are here and there skilfully worked ...
... various figures are then connected by a groundwork of threads , which are so passed from one figure to another as to represent a web of wonderful delicacy and regularity : small spots or other figures are here and there skilfully worked ...
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... various , generally brown , with shades of yellow or black , frequently speckled , rarely quite white or black . The flesh is spongy , coarse , and not of a very agreeable flavour . The hair or wool is inferior to that of the alpaca ...
... various , generally brown , with shades of yellow or black , frequently speckled , rarely quite white or black . The flesh is spongy , coarse , and not of a very agreeable flavour . The hair or wool is inferior to that of the alpaca ...
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... various classes deter- mined the choice of the children into whose bodies the souls of their departed members had migrated . At present , however , it seems that the emperor of China exercises a paramount influence on the discovery of ...
... various classes deter- mined the choice of the children into whose bodies the souls of their departed members had migrated . At present , however , it seems that the emperor of China exercises a paramount influence on the discovery of ...
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... various lamina of a bed are so united , and the bed so homogeneous , that except when the face is exposed to weathering , the laminated structure is not visible . This condition seems to have resulted from the shortness of the ...
... various lamina of a bed are so united , and the bed so homogeneous , that except when the face is exposed to weathering , the laminated structure is not visible . This condition seems to have resulted from the shortness of the ...
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... various modifications of the form are frequently found in the ruins of Greek and Roman cities ; very considerable numbers have been obtained from the excavations of Tarsus and of Pompeii and Herculaneum . The principle in all is the ...
... various modifications of the form are frequently found in the ruins of Greek and Roman cities ; very considerable numbers have been obtained from the excavations of Tarsus and of Pompeii and Herculaneum . The principle in all is the ...
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Page 56 - I may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly...
Page 51 - Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 185 - Worthy Receivers outwardly partaking of the visible Elements in this Sacrament, do then also inwardly by Faith, really and indeed, yet not carnally and corporally, but .spiritually, receive and feed upon Christ crucified, and all benefits of his death...
Page 161 - A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 56 - tis all one ; And when we can, with metre safe, We'll call him so ; if not, plain Ralph : (For rhyme the rudder is of verses, With which, like ships, they steer their courses) j An equal stock of wit and valour He had laid in, by birth a tailor.
Page 347 - United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England...
Page 112 - is a definite combination of heterogeneous changes, both simultaneous and successive, in correspondence with external coexistences and sequences.
Page 185 - Sacrament, do then also inwardly by faith, really and indeed, yet not carnally and corporally, but spiritually, receive and feed upon Christ crucified, and all benefits of his death: the body and blood of Christ being then not corporally or carnally in, with, or under the bread and wine; yet as really, but spiritually, present to the faith of believers in that ordinance, as the elements themselves are to their outward senses.
Page 184 - The body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten in the Supper, only after a heavenly and spiritual manner.
Page 159 - I can discover the powers thereof, how far they reach, to what things they are in any degree proportionate, and where they fail us, I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension, to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether, and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities.