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Page 439 - He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Page 153 - But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her : for her hair is given her for a covering.
Page 481 - And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith ? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also : go forth, and do so.
Page 250 - ... from the center of the sun to the center of the earth. The distance actually varies through the year because the earth's orbit is slightly elliptical.
Page 127 - But tis not feature, or a face, That does my free election grace, Nor is my liking onely led By a well temperd white and red; Could I enamour'd grow on those, The Lilly and the blushing Rose, United in one stalk, might be As dear unto my thoughts as she. But I look farther, and do find A richer beauty in her mind; Where something is so lasting fair, As time or age cannot impair.
Page 126 - Senses' power doth spring, Nor from the body's humours, tempered right. She is a vine, which doth no propping need To make her spread herself or spring upright; She is a star, whose beams do not proceed From any sun, but from a native light.
Page 11 - To this conclave (for by this name the place of the election is called) is but one door, to which belongeth four locks, and as many keys : one key is in the keeping of the cardinals, one of the city bishops, one of the Roman nobility, and one of the master of the ceremonies. There is in this door a wicket or batch, which is opened only at dinners and suppers, whereof the master of the ceremonies keepeth the key. At this hole the cardinals...
Page 92 - I am in two camps, signifies that from a little there was much : deliver me, I pray thee, out of the hand of my brother, out of the hand of Esau, because I fear him, signifies the state respectively, because he made himself prior...
Page 12 - Eleftion be not fully ended , then muft the Cardinals be kept from Fire, Light, and Viftuals, till they are fully agreed. The Wicket which we before mentioned, is called the Golden Gate , at which...
Page 11 - Chambers, which are purpofely for the Time, made of Green or Violet Cloth. To each Cardinal is allowed four Servants to lie in his Chamber. They that are once within are , compelled...
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| Title | THE ATHENIAN ORACLE, Volume 3 THE ATHENIAN ORACLE, John Dunton Volume 3 of The Athenian Oracle: Being an Entire Collection of All the Valuable Questions and Answers in the Old Athenian Mercuries, Athenian Society (London, England) |
| Author | John Dunton |
| Contributor | Athenian Society (London, England) |
| Publisher | A. Bell, 1704 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 17 Jul 2007 |
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