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The coming of the Messiah.

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...ALL that I have to say to thee, my venerable friend Christophilus, reduces itself to the serious and formal examination of one single point; which, in the present constitution or system of the church and the world, appears to me of the highest importance; viz. Whether the ideas which we entertain concerning the coming of Messiah, that essentia...

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...T, LONDON MDCCCXXVII THIS EDITION PUBLISHED BY J G TILLIN ENGLAND © MM Coming of Messiah Vol. 1 -ii- CONTENTS DEDICATION. ............ ............................................................................129 A CRITIQUE OF THE WORK .................................................... ... many false hopes, and will, I fear, if not speedily corrected, prove the inlet to many worldly principles and confederacies, and hasten the ruin and... ...e earth an ark of testimony; and to that end will turn his Holy Spirit unto his ancient people the Jews, and bring unto them those days of refreshin... ...d bring unto them those days of refreshing spoken of by all the holy prophets since the world began: in the which work of conveying to them his Spir... ...and real character upon the other; both centering in and radiating out from the Jewish people.’ And this appeared to me to be written in these the ... ...d, without any compromise; expose the character of the Protestant Inquisition, and make war against it! It was the opinion of many friends, that in... ...nd fruitfulness of such joy and sorrow. How I have ever hated the sentiment of that mad Italian, who, in writing his life, speaks of the season of h... ...nsequences might we not apprehend. Stricture Third. —A few years ago there appeared in Italian a work intitled; “The Second Epoch of the church,” (...

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...GRISLY GRISELL or THE LAIDLY LADY OF WHITBURN: A TALE OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn S... ...Electronic Classics Series Publication GRISLY GRISELL, or The Laidly Lady of Whitbern is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This P... ...d blacksmith had their workshops. There was a group of children, the young people who were confided to the great Earl Richard and Countess Alice of Sa... ...ined to uphold royalty, while York was con- sidered as the champion of the people. The gentle King and the Beauforts wished for peace with France; the... ... sister. “Many a maiden who has been here for a time has gone out into the world, but some love this home the best, as I have done.” “Did yonder nun o... ...ster! Where’s a mirror?” “Ah! my child, we nuns are not allowed the use of worldly things like mirrors; I never saw one in my life.” “But oh, for pity... ...ce hers—that all might be well with him, for she knew that in this unhappy war important captives were not treated as Frenchmen would have been as pri... ...ant captives were not treated as Frenchmen would have been as prisoners of war, but executed as traitors to their King. She paused over him till a low... ...nd hindered your being professed?” “Nay, madame; it was the Proctor of the Italian Abbess.” Therewith the inquiries of the Duchess elicited all Grisel...

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Excerpt: Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne.

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...s Publication A Modern T elemachus by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...se, the second wife of Philip V . of Spain, had involved that country in a war with England, France, and Austria, the Count was transferred from the S... ...French prisoners and French property; but the lady having been taken in an Italian ship, the Dutchman was afraid to set her ashore with- out first tak... ...s of the Comtesse de Bourke and her daughter was published in the Catholic World, New York, July 1881. It exactly agrees with 6 A Modern Telemachus t... ...or Envoy; I incline to think the latter. The transla- tion in the Catholic World speaks of Sir Arthur, but Mr. Scott’s ‘M. Arture’ is much more vraise... ...s life in banishment, and think of our dear home and 19 Yo n g e our poor people, I am tempted to wonder whether it were indeed a duty, or whether th... ...man, with keen eyes, and a sort of sparkle of manner, and power of setting people at ease, that made her the more charming the older she grew. An expe... ...lled that these had once been the palaces of cardi- nals accustomed to the Italian city feuds, which made every house become a fortress. On the wharf ...

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...ssics Series Publication Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...d diffidence contrasted with Ursula’s sensitive expectancy. The provincial people, intimidated by Gudrun’s perfect sang-froid and exclusive bareness o... ...run’s face. She did not want to be too definite. ‘When one thinks of other people’s children—’ said Ursula. Again Gudrun looked at her sister, almost ... ...la, it’s marvellous, it’s really marvellous—it’s really wonderful, another world. The people are all ghouls, and everything is ghostly. Everything is ... ...s, and everything is ghostly. Everything is a ghoulish replica of the real world, a replica, a ghoul, all soiled, everything sordid. It’s like being m... ...ned my commission,’ said Gerald, ‘some years ago.’ 60 ‘He was in the last war,’ said Birkin. ‘Were you really?’ said the girl. ‘ And then he explored... ..., blackish boughs came down close to the grass. There were present a young Italian woman, slight and fashionable, a young, athletic-looking Miss Bradl... ...n and seeing the Pa- cific.’ ‘Silent upon a peak in Dariayn,’ murmured the Italian, lifting her face for a moment from her book. ‘Not necessarily in D...

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Excerpt: Sartor Resartus. The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh.

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...Preface: When I first saw Mr. Osgood?s beautiful illustrated edition of The Lady of the Lake, I asked him to let me use some of the cuts in a cheaper annotated edition for school and household use; and the present volume is the result. The text of the poem has given me unexpected trouble. When...

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... his back, in a stout canvas cassock over his leathern coat, and stout leathern leggings over wooden shoes. Twilight was fast coming on; only a gleam of purple light rested on the top of the eastern hills, but was gradually fading away, though the sky to the westward still preserved a little pale golden light by the help of the descending crescent moon....

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. The towers of Zenith aspired above the morning mist; austere towers of steel and cement and limestone, sturdy as cliffs and delicate as silver rods. They were neither citadels nor churches, but frankly and beautifully office-buildings....

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...Excerpt: This is America--a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The town is, in our tale, called ?Gopher Prairie, Minnesota.? But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would...

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...Excerpt: All elections begin with a bustle before beginning to describe an election in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there is no deputy from Arcis in the Chamber....

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...Excerpt: On a winter?s night, about two in the morning, the Comtesse Jeanne d?Herouville felt such violent pains that in spite of her inexperience, she was conscious of an approaching confinement; and the instinct which makes us hope for ease in a change of posture induced her to sit up in her bed, either to study the nature of these new sufferings, ...

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