Chambers's Repository of Instructive and Amusing TractsWilliam and Robert Chambers, 1854 |
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... taken possession of by Spaniards , French , English , and Dutch , that these and such like evidences of a state of turbulence can excite no surprise . I know of few towns in Western Europe which have suffered so much from war . Previous ...
... taken possession of by Spaniards , French , English , and Dutch , that these and such like evidences of a state of turbulence can excite no surprise . I know of few towns in Western Europe which have suffered so much from war . Previous ...
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... taken from Jerusalem of the holy sepulchre . Upon entering a narrow opening , intended to represent a chasm in the rock , we found ourselves before an iron grating , railing in a recess , upon the floor of which is a bier , covered over ...
... taken from Jerusalem of the holy sepulchre . Upon entering a narrow opening , intended to represent a chasm in the rock , we found ourselves before an iron grating , railing in a recess , upon the floor of which is a bier , covered over ...
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... taken by the Ostend vessels amounted in 1837 to 8175 tons . The mines form an important department of national industry . There are three mining districts ; the first , which comprehends Hainault , contains 150 mines in a superficial ...
... taken by the Ostend vessels amounted in 1837 to 8175 tons . The mines form an important department of national industry . There are three mining districts ; the first , which comprehends Hainault , contains 150 mines in a superficial ...
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... taken place for the conclusion of great treaties ; the last took place in 1818 , when the emperors of Austria and Russia , with ambassadors from the Prince Regent of England and Louis XVIII . , met to decide upon the evacuation of ...
... taken place for the conclusion of great treaties ; the last took place in 1818 , when the emperors of Austria and Russia , with ambassadors from the Prince Regent of England and Louis XVIII . , met to decide upon the evacuation of ...
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... taken from the sarcophagus is not told by any authority , but it is certainly gone , as the empty sarcophagus testifies . In all probability it has been dispersed in the form of relics , a leg in one place , an arm in another , and so ...
... taken from the sarcophagus is not told by any authority , but it is certainly gone , as the empty sarcophagus testifies . In all probability it has been dispersed in the form of relics , a leg in one place , an arm in another , and so ...
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Էջ 4 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Էջ 12 - All elections shall be by ballot, and every male citizen of twentyone years of age, possessing real estate, shall have the right of suffrage. SEC. 12. The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the common defence. And as, in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature ; and the military...
Էջ 4 - Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah, I confer the priesthood of Aaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism by immersion, for the remission of sins; and this shall never be taken again from the earth until the sons of Levi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in righteousness.
Էջ 3 - We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion will be built upon this continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.
Էջ 29 - They told me that all the religious denominations were believing in incorrect doctrines, -and that none of them was acknowledged of God as his church and kingdom. And I was expressly commanded to
Էջ 4 - Nor any drop to drink. The very deep did rot : O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea.
Էջ 1 - Being a person of literary tastes, and his attention having been directed to the notion which at that time excited some interest and discussion, namely, that the North American Indians were the descendants of the lost ten tribes of Israel, it struck him that the idea afforded a good groundwork for a religious tale, history, or novel. For three years he laboured upon this work, which he entitled The Manuscript Found, "Mormon
Էջ 30 - At the bottom of this lay a stone of suitable size, the upper surface being smooth. At each edge was placed a large quantity of cement, and into this cement, at the four edges of this stone, were placed erect four others, their bottom edges resting in the cement at the outer edges of the first stone. The four...
Էջ 7 - And now, concerning the gathering. Let the bishop and the agent make preparations for those families which have been commanded to come to this land, as soon as possible, and plant them in their inheritance. And unto the residue of both elders and members, further directions shall be given hereafter. Even so. Amen.
Էջ 8 - Esq., who gave the mob a barrel of whiskey to raise their spirits ; and many others. With my flesh all scarified and defaced, I preached to the congregation as usual, and in the afternoon of the same day baptized three individuals.