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Page 34
... power of Antichrist is marked out by the prophets Daniel , St. Paul , and St. John . seven mountains on which the woman sitteth , and the woman which thou sawest is that great city , which reigneth over the kings of the earth .
... power of Antichrist is marked out by the prophets Daniel , St. Paul , and St. John . seven mountains on which the woman sitteth , and the woman which thou sawest is that great city , which reigneth over the kings of the earth .
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... following appropriate lines :Merry Whitefoord , farewell ! for thy sake I admit , That a Scot may have humour , I had almost said wit : This debt to thy memory I cannot refuse , Thou best natur'd man , with the worst humour'd Muse .
... following appropriate lines :Merry Whitefoord , farewell ! for thy sake I admit , That a Scot may have humour , I had almost said wit : This debt to thy memory I cannot refuse , Thou best natur'd man , with the worst humour'd Muse .
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... another places on it the triple crown , and says , " Receive this Tiara adorned with three crowns ; and know that thou art Father of Princes and Kings , Governor of the Globe of the Earth , Vicegerent of our Saviour Jesus Christ .
... another places on it the triple crown , and says , " Receive this Tiara adorned with three crowns ; and know that thou art Father of Princes and Kings , Governor of the Globe of the Earth , Vicegerent of our Saviour Jesus Christ .
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Tiara adorned with three crowns ; and know « When the Roman Pontiit's cast an eye that thou art Father of Princes and Kings , upon the immense treasures that the infe . Governor of the Globe of the Earth , Vicegerent rior rulers of the ...
Tiara adorned with three crowns ; and know « When the Roman Pontiit's cast an eye that thou art Father of Princes and Kings , upon the immense treasures that the infe . Governor of the Globe of the Earth , Vicegerent rior rulers of the ...
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Then what would you say to a wife of fifty thousand , said my father ; an estate worth thirty thousand , and twenty thou sand in money . And Sir Harry asked , if you would have that , and my father said he would ensure it him : and then ...
Then what would you say to a wife of fifty thousand , said my father ; an estate worth thirty thousand , and twenty thou sand in money . And Sir Harry asked , if you would have that , and my father said he would ensure it him : and then ...
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Page 16 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 30 - They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her amorous descant sung: Silence was pleased.
Page 30 - With thee conversing, I forget all time; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of Morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 5 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, • — which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 61 - Rather admire; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 86 - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
Page 62 - What if the sun Be centre to the world ; and other stars, By his attractive virtue and their own Incited, dance about him various rounds...
Bibliographic information
| Title | La Belle Assemblée, Volume 1 History of women |
| Publisher | J. Bell, 1810 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Mar 2007 |
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