The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 48Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1859 |
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... once had stood , with the very same image of black wood before which he once had knelt , was the temple raised . The day was fixed for its consecration . On the eve preceding , the bishop of Constance arrived with a goodly body of ...
... once had stood , with the very same image of black wood before which he once had knelt , was the temple raised . The day was fixed for its consecration . On the eve preceding , the bishop of Constance arrived with a goodly body of ...
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... once reached , it was impossible to avoid further alterations . A second religious discussion was held , at which it was finally determined that the mass was inconsistent with the teaching of Scripture , that images should not be used ...
... once reached , it was impossible to avoid further alterations . A second religious discussion was held , at which it was finally determined that the mass was inconsistent with the teaching of Scripture , that images should not be used ...
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... once their religious and political liberties ; from you , you do not recognize your own doc for Charles the Fifth regarded with jeal- trine ? -or you say we do not believe our own ousy the freedom of his German subjects , Confessions ...
... once their religious and political liberties ; from you , you do not recognize your own doc for Charles the Fifth regarded with jeal- trine ? -or you say we do not believe our own ousy the freedom of his German subjects , Confessions ...
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... once more to the field of Cappel . Gloomy fore- bodings , which found their expression in strange potents , already foreshadowed the coming disaster . A comet of unusual size had appeared in the sky- - a shield had been seen in the air ...
... once more to the field of Cappel . Gloomy fore- bodings , which found their expression in strange potents , already foreshadowed the coming disaster . A comet of unusual size had appeared in the sky- - a shield had been seen in the air ...
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... once . The news flew with lightning rapidity , the ship was all in commotion ; the sick , forgetting their maladies , leapt from their hammocks ; the artificers dropped their tools , and the lower deck was cleared of men , for they all ...
... once . The news flew with lightning rapidity , the ship was all in commotion ; the sick , forgetting their maladies , leapt from their hammocks ; the artificers dropped their tools , and the lower deck was cleared of men , for they all ...
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Page 394 - ... swayed as by a wind. At the same moment the watch beside the revolver softly slid from the table, — softly, softly, — no visible hand ; it was gone. I sprang up, seizing the revolver with the one hand, the dagger with the other : I was not willing that my weapons should share the fate of the watch. Thus armed, I looked round the floor ; no sign of the watch. Three slow, loud, distinct knocks were now heard at the bed-head ; my servant called out, " Is that you, sir ? "