Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including Those Attributed to Sir Walter Scott, Volume 5G. Bell and Sons, 1884 |
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... heard , in ordinary dis- course , that the plague was returned again in Holland ; for it had been very violent there , and particularly at Amster- dam and Rotterdam , in the year 1663 , whither they say , it was brought , some said from ...
... heard , in ordinary dis- course , that the plague was returned again in Holland ; for it had been very violent there , and particularly at Amster- dam and Rotterdam , in the year 1663 , whither they say , it was brought , some said from ...
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... heard abroad , that the best preparation for the plague was to run away from it . As to my argument of losing my trade , my goods , or debts , he quite confuted me : he told me the same thing , which I argued for my staying , viz ...
... heard abroad , that the best preparation for the plague was to run away from it . As to my argument of losing my trade , my goods , or debts , he quite confuted me : he told me the same thing , which I argued for my staying , viz ...
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... heard of , so much as touch them ; for which I cannot say , that I ever saw they showed any great token of thankfulness , and hardly anything of reformation , though they did not want being told that their crying vices might , without ...
... heard of , so much as touch them ; for which I cannot say , that I ever saw they showed any great token of thankfulness , and hardly anything of reformation , though they did not want being told that their crying vices might , without ...
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... heard , as we passed the streets , that it was enough to pierce the stoutest heart in the world to hear them . Tears and lamentations were seen almost in every house , especially in the first part of the visitation ; for towards the ...
... heard , as we passed the streets , that it was enough to pierce the stoutest heart in the world to hear them . Tears and lamentations were seen almost in every house , especially in the first part of the visitation ; for towards the ...
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... heard it , that it made a rushing mighty noise , fierce and terrible , though at a distance , and but just perceivable . I saw both these stars , and I must confess , had had so much of the common notion of such things in my head , that ...
... heard it , that it made a rushing mighty noise , fierce and terrible , though at a distance , and but just perceivable . I saw both these stars , and I must confess , had had so much of the common notion of such things in my head , that ...
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Page 11 - I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress : my God ; in him will I trust. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
Page 326 - The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done His marvellous works : that they ought to be had in remembrance.
Page 11 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day : nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the destruction that wasteth at noon-day.
Page 12 - Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, Even the most High, thy habitation ; There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways.