A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3J. and H. L. Hunt, 1824 |
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... Rome in vain . This custom , established in ignorant times , is per- petuated in enlightened ones only because it exists . All abuse eternises itself ; it is an Augean stable , and requires an Hercules to cleanse it . Henry IV . could ...
... Rome in vain . This custom , established in ignorant times , is per- petuated in enlightened ones only because it exists . All abuse eternises itself ; it is an Augean stable , and requires an Hercules to cleanse it . Henry IV . could ...
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... Rome and all Italy to pope Sylvester by the emperor Constantine , was main- tained as a part of the creed of Rome until the six- teenth century . It was believed that Constantine , being at Nicomedia , was cured of a leprosy at Rome by ...
... Rome and all Italy to pope Sylvester by the emperor Constantine , was main- tained as a part of the creed of Rome until the six- teenth century . It was believed that Constantine , being at Nicomedia , was cured of a leprosy at Rome by ...
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... Rome to bishop Boniface of Mayence . Pepin could not give to the pope the im- perial territories . Fourthly . When pope Stephen II . produced a letter from heaven , written in the hand of St. Peter , to Pepin , to complain of the ...
... Rome to bishop Boniface of Mayence . Pepin could not give to the pope the im- perial territories . Fourthly . When pope Stephen II . produced a letter from heaven , written in the hand of St. Peter , to Pepin , to complain of the ...
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... Rome . It is sur- prising enough that the popes have obtained Ravenna and Rome ; but as to Venice , it is not likely that the diploma which granted them the sovereignty will be found in the palace of St. Mark . All these acts ...
... Rome . It is sur- prising enough that the popes have obtained Ravenna and Rome ; but as to Venice , it is not likely that the diploma which granted them the sovereignty will be found in the palace of St. Mark . All these acts ...
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... Rome that she made this donation ; that she recalled it , and that she afterwards renews it ; and always for the good of her soul . How could so important a deed be recalled ? Was the court of Rome so negligent ? How could an instru ...
... Rome that she made this donation ; that she recalled it , and that she afterwards renews it ; and always for the good of her soul . How could so important a deed be recalled ? Was the court of Rome so negligent ? How could an instru ...
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Page 51 - But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
Page 280 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 47 - And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day...
Page 133 - Viselli : 105 est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Page 89 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
Page 293 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men builded.
Page 311 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
Page 145 - Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Page 274 - The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.