The life and times of the Roman patrician Alexis, to which is annexed an account of the mission founded in Kentish Town by H. Ivers1847 - 160 páginas |
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... thing afflicted them ; one blessing alone was wanting to crown their happiness . To all those vast posses- sions they had no heir ; amid the glories of that elevated life , no child shared their honours , or smiled at their caresses ...
... thing afflicted them ; one blessing alone was wanting to crown their happiness . To all those vast posses- sions they had no heir ; amid the glories of that elevated life , no child shared their honours , or smiled at their caresses ...
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... thing only may be imagined to have still held him on the shores of the Bosphorus . He stood high in the favour of his sovereign ; he was accustomed to the life of courts ; and was probably often admitted to those select and intellectual ...
... thing only may be imagined to have still held him on the shores of the Bosphorus . He stood high in the favour of his sovereign ; he was accustomed to the life of courts ; and was probably often admitted to those select and intellectual ...
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... things before him in Italy ; and , because the pusillanimous Valentinian fled , imagined that , with the two qualities which he possessed - we mean , a certain brutal courage and a species of uncultivated skill -he could wage war ...
... things before him in Italy ; and , because the pusillanimous Valentinian fled , imagined that , with the two qualities which he possessed - we mean , a certain brutal courage and a species of uncultivated skill -he could wage war ...
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... thing to see . Alexis was handsome , with an eye of fire , and a most noble countenance . His person was fine , and ... things , and had every opportunity to do them . Highly born and highly bred 32 LIFE AND DEATH.
... thing to see . Alexis was handsome , with an eye of fire , and a most noble countenance . His person was fine , and ... things , and had every opportunity to do them . Highly born and highly bred 32 LIFE AND DEATH.
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... things . In pursuance of her design , Aglais , who naturally bore sway in Roman fashion , sought to interest her son in the splendid amusements so accessible to his station . She carried him to parties and to page- ants , to the circus ...
... things . In pursuance of her design , Aglais , who naturally bore sway in Roman fashion , sought to interest her son in the splendid amusements so accessible to his station . She carried him to parties and to page- ants , to the circus ...
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Página 1 - The Life and Times of the Roman Patrician Alexis, to which is annexed, An Account of the Mission founded in Kentish Town by the Rev. Hardinge Ivers, and a notice of the late disgraceful attempt at religious persecution. Inscribed to Pius IX., the Hon. GS Smythe, and the New Generation.
Página 43 - Finally, after six weeks of a fierce siege, the city was captured by a two days' storming, on 15 July. Godfrey of Bouillon was chosen king of Jerusalem, but humbly refused to wear the king's crown on the spot where the Saviour of the world had worn a crown of thorns. He accepted as his designation instead of king that of Defender of the Holy Sepulchre. After scarcely a year of sovereignty, however, he died in lioo and was succeeded by his brother Baldwin.
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