Chambers's Repository of Instructive and Amusing TractsWilliam and Robert Chambers, 1854 |
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... young women , who were left in charge of the shops , were sitting behind the counter diligently engaged in read- ing . The activity displayed in reproducing French literature is in nothing more conspicuous than the announcement which ...
... young women , who were left in charge of the shops , were sitting behind the counter diligently engaged in read- ing . The activity displayed in reproducing French literature is in nothing more conspicuous than the announcement which ...
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... young nephew served him as his cupbearer so gracefully , that the duke observed it , and asked the bishop who he was . The bishop told him in substance what the reader already knows ; and after dinner , the young man proceeded to his ...
... young nephew served him as his cupbearer so gracefully , that the duke observed it , and asked the bishop who he was . The bishop told him in substance what the reader already knows ; and after dinner , the young man proceeded to his ...
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... young King Charles VIII . -one of the best , most courteous , liberal , and charitable princes that were ever seen or heard of , except in fairy tales . ' He loved and feared God , ' says the chronicler , and never swore but by the ...
... young King Charles VIII . -one of the best , most courteous , liberal , and charitable princes that were ever seen or heard of , except in fairy tales . ' He loved and feared God , ' says the chronicler , and never swore but by the ...
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... young gentlemen from idleness , he would permit him to proclaim a passage - of - arms , as well on horse- back as on foot , with lance and battle - axe , which request was granted him ; for indeed the king , having a good deal of ...
... young gentlemen from idleness , he would permit him to proclaim a passage - of - arms , as well on horse- back as on foot , with lance and battle - axe , which request was granted him ; for indeed the king , having a good deal of ...
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... young man answered , that it was not pride which had urged him to such boldness , but the desire to attain , by deeds of virtue , ' to the honour which his ancestors had acquired ; and that as he had no relative or friend except the ...
... young man answered , that it was not pride which had urged him to such boldness , but the desire to attain , by deeds of virtue , ' to the honour which his ancestors had acquired ; and that as he had no relative or friend except the ...
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Էջ 8 - 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 31 - 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 25 - 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 29 - 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 26 - 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 3 - 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 4 - 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.