Travels at Home and Voyages by the Fireside: For the Instruction and Entertainment of Young PersonsEdward Earle, 1816 - 303 pages |
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Page 205 - Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.
Page 93 - may it please thee to give to all nations unity, peace, and concord I
Page 17 - Jerusalem, the mother of our new birth, is in all lands at once, fully and entirely, as a spirit ; in the East and in the West, in the North and in the South : that is, wherever her outward instruments are to be found.
Page 285 - ... inevitable death. Glory to the Eternal ! The first and most illustrious of the supporters of Greek liberty, Prince Mavrocordato, has not fallen. His talents are still destined to save his country : and it was not written in the Book of Fate that one of the greatest ornaments of this world should be carried off in the flower of his age, and in the midst of the greatest dangers. His excellency was perfectly composed, and happy to die for his country. Always kind and considerate, he was grieved...
Page 174 - ... in spite of every inducement that can be held out to them, they pertinaciously refuse leaving its banks, or retiring inland around the agency.