The Poetical and Prose Writings of James LinenW. J. Widdleton, 1866 - 416 páginas |
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... Hebrews . When Grecian virtue declined , the glory of the nation de- parted . Polytheism is more ancient than the prophetic oracles , known as the Sibylline books , which contained in their pages the destiny of Rome . The Pontifex ...
... Hebrews . When Grecian virtue declined , the glory of the nation de- parted . Polytheism is more ancient than the prophetic oracles , known as the Sibylline books , which contained in their pages the destiny of Rome . The Pontifex ...
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... Hebrews gave a very equivocal explanation of it . Pythagoras taught the doctrine of transmigration of the soul from one body to another , about the time that Babylon was taken by Cyrus . It was more than two thousand years after the ...
... Hebrews gave a very equivocal explanation of it . Pythagoras taught the doctrine of transmigration of the soul from one body to another , about the time that Babylon was taken by Cyrus . It was more than two thousand years after the ...
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... Hebrew captives who refused to obey his imperial order , walking in the midst of the flames unconsumed and unhurt , he called them forth , and , in the presence of his nobles , gave glory to the God of Shadrach , Meshach , and Abed ...
... Hebrew captives who refused to obey his imperial order , walking in the midst of the flames unconsumed and unhurt , he called them forth , and , in the presence of his nobles , gave glory to the God of Shadrach , Meshach , and Abed ...
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... HEBREWS . THE HE ancient Hebrews at the Feast of Tabernacles carried branches of the willow - tree in their hands , as a token of rejoicing . While in captivity , they sung the plaintive songs of their native land , and when weary they ...
... HEBREWS . THE HE ancient Hebrews at the Feast of Tabernacles carried branches of the willow - tree in their hands , as a token of rejoicing . While in captivity , they sung the plaintive songs of their native land , and when weary they ...
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... from the days of the golden calf , down to the time when some of their descendants crucified the Redeemer , and cast lots for his garments . Chapter Sixteenth . THEOCRACY OF THE HEBREWS - THE LEVITES DESULTORIOUS CHRONICLES . 269.
... from the days of the golden calf , down to the time when some of their descendants crucified the Redeemer , and cast lots for his garments . Chapter Sixteenth . THEOCRACY OF THE HEBREWS - THE LEVITES DESULTORIOUS CHRONICLES . 269.
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ages altars ancient auld Aztec Babieca Babylon banners beauty behold blessings blood boast bonnie borrow brave brow burning burst-burst Christian Cortez crown dark death divine dream earth Egypt fair faith fathers feel flowers fools forever frae Freedom friends gallant gloom glory golden golden calf grave hath haughty head heart heaven Hebrews hinnie holy honor human idolatry illustrious Israel Israelites Jamaica king kingdom kneeling land lassie light living Lord Mary monarch Moses mountains ne'er never o'er pass Pharaoh Philistines poet Pollywog poor pride priests prophet proud proudly race rapture Red Sea reign renown ruins sacred seen shine sing smiles Solomon songs soul Spirit of Inquiry stood sweet sword tears temple Temple of Herod Temple of Solomon thee thou thousand throne tribes truth Verily virtue waters waves weary wild Wilderness of Sin wonder worship Zerubbabel
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Página 361 - I had been for some days skulking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail; as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the merciless pack of the law at my heels. I had taken the last farewell of my few friends; my chest was on the road to Greenock; I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia — "The Gloomy Night Is Gathering Fast,
Página 318 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither : so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Página 275 - And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Página 33 - Cholula, where a temple was dedicated to his worship, the massy ruins of which still form one of the most interesting relics of antiquity in Mexico. When he reached the shores of the Mexican Gulf, he took leave of his followers, promising that he and his descendants would revisit them hereafter, and then, entering his wizard skiff, made of serpents' skins, embarked on the great ocean for the fabled land of Tlapallan.
Página 377 - In her left hand she held the Pot of Incense, the Masonic emblem of a pure heart, and in her uplifted right hand a sprig of acacia, the beautiful emblem of the immortality of the soul.
Página 377 - The withered and attenuated fingers of the Destroyer were delicately placed amid the long and gracefully flowing ringlets of the disconsolate mourner. Thus were the striking emblems of mortality and immortality beautifully blended in one pictorial representation. It was a spectacle such as Masons never saw before, and, in all probability, such as the Fraternity may never witness again.
Página 159 - LIZZIE LAIRD. The plague on Lizzie Laird, for my heid has ne'er been soun' Since her twa pawkie een gae my puir heart sic a stoun' ; Oh ! I canna see her face, nor pass her cottage door, But feelin's strange come ower me I never felt afore. The little coaxin...
Página 159 - It shines oot clear as truth in her bonnie een o' blue : Through the journey o' my life how happy shall I be, When wedded to my hinnie, 0 Lizzie Laird, to thee. On the same bink at the schule our lessons we wad learn ; I then was but a callant, an' she was but a bairn ; Cauld will be this heart o...
Página 377 - The pot of incense ; the bee-hive ; the book of constitutions, guarded by the Tyler's sword ; the sword, pointing to a naked heart ; the all-seeing eye ; the anchor and ark ; the forty-seventh problem of Euclid ; the hour-glass ; the scythe...
Página 377 - Comet; the Three Steps, emblematical of Youth, Manhood and Age. Admirably executed was the weeping Virgin, reclining on a broken column, upon which lay the Book of Constitutions.