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...Theological Immortal Romance is an Elysian love story written in poetic form by author Kevin Brian Wright about, love, devotion, and the angelic beauty of his beloved - Isabella. Within the story the reader embarks on a spiritual journey of love and romance seen through the eyes of the author. Many transcendental occurrences evolve during this journey thro...

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... Praise for Theological Immortal Romance Theological Immortal Romance is the type of book you can’t put down. I was drawn to the spectacular way K... ... and better. This book is one of its kind and will definitely be a winner in the hearts of all. JT Talent and Casting (John Thomas) Casting Director -... ... spiritual, very lifting, magnificent and inspiring story of the divine love from one man to a celestial woman. Melissa Delamater - Miss New York - Na... ... fascinated enough to be caught up in his brilliant prose. Many writers draw from contemporary ideology in order to keep themselves on the cutting edg... ...I smile and bask in this glorious Goddess and her Messenger. Debbie Freeman “Holy the Love”: Your writing is divine…in every sense…without writing a t... ...ed CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction: Journey to God for Love Book I: Holy Love The Blood of Life Fellowship of the Sun Blessed Is She Who Come... ...in its highest form. One can envision him kneeling in the chapel amongst the saints in prayer of his beloved. Through his heart, his journey to God op... ...e Venus and Juno patiently await the birth of her heart’s lurid flames. True saints bow before her and rise up in heights of praise. Her infinitely su... ... 27 The Firmaments of Heaven It was light and darkness and he who called the land and the seas for his maker, became the third day. She was given to s...

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...Excerpt: To Maria, may your name, that of one whose portrait is the noblest ornament of this work, lie on its opening pages like a branch of sacred box, taken from an unknown tree, but sanctified by religion, and kept ever fresh and green by pious hands to bless the house....

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...y Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... of this work, lie on its opening pages like a branch of sacred box, taken from an unknown tree, but sanctified by religion, and kept ever fresh and g... ... tures now scarcely discernible, seem too weak to bear the brown clay pots from which springs the heart’s-ease or the rose-bush of some poor working-w... ...-devant nobles, and prevented, to the extent of his power, the sale of the lands and property of the /emigres/; commercially, he furnished the Republi... ...nd took his pay in splendid fields belonging to a community of women whose lands had been reserved for the last lot. Under the Consulate Grandet becam... ...sign. “Are you going to put that on to go to bed with?” she asked. “Yes.” “Holy Virgin! what a beautiful altar-cloth it would make for the parish chur... ...ything to eat,—anything, it doesn’t matter what, a chicken, a partridge.” “Holy Virgin!” exclaimed Nanon, overhearing the words. “ A partridge!” whisp... ...g herself close to him with clasped hands, “father, in the name of all the saints and the Virgin! in the name of Christ who died upon the cross! in th...

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...Introduction: Near seven years ago, a short while before his death in 1844, John Sterling committed the care of his literary Character and printed Writings to two friends, Archdeacon Hare and myself. His estimate of the bequest was far from overweening; to few men could the small sum-total of his activities in this world se...

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...ing by Thomas Carlyle A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsyl... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...o friends, Archdeacon Hare and myself. His estimate of the bequest was far from overweening; to few men could the small sum-total of his activities in... ...d by his position as a Churchman, had been led, in editing a Work not free from ecclesiastical heresies, and especially in writing a Life very full of... ... as was natural, flour- ishing with new splendor; gifted, recompensed with lands;—settled, in short, on fair revenues in those Munster regions. He app... ...c- ognition of a one Living Personal God, essentially good, wise, true and holy, the Author of all that exists; and a reunion with whom is the only en... ... apartment; which was adorned by pictures of Architecture, and by Heads of Saints, better than many at the Royal Academy Exhibition, and which one pai... ...Wherefore, as a memorial of them, I bought there several Legends of Female Saints and Martyrs, and of other Ladies quite the reverse, and held up as w... ...feeling that there is no name for. Everything is so wonder- ful, great and holy, so sad and yet not bitter, so full of Death and so bordering on Heave...

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Excerpt: The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther translated by F. Bente and W.H.T. Dau.

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...te and W . H. T . Dau A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther trans. F. Bente and W.H.T. Dau is ... ...sm by Dr. Martin Luther trans. F. Bente and W.H.T. Dau is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...elves in the Catechism, which is a Short Summary and Epitome of the Entire Holy Scriptures, and that they May Always T each the Same. We have no sligh... ...ry negligent in this, and slight both their office and this teaching; some from great and high art [giving their mind, as they imagine, to much higher... ...t [giving their mind, as they imagine, to much higher matters], but others from sheer laziness and care for their paunches, assuming no other relation... ...ve long since outgrown. Therefore I beg such lazy paunches or presumptuous saints to be persuaded and believe for God’s sake that they are verily , ve... ... if it be daily read and practiced in thought and speech; namely, that the Holy Ghost is present in such reading and repetition and medita- tion, and ... ...ook at or think of them! And what else are such supercilious, presumptuous saints, who are unwilling to read and study the Catechism daily, doing than... ...he common course of the world, which, like a great deluge, has flooded all lands. Hence we have also as our reward what we seek and deserve: pestilenc...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. How Sir Tristram jousted, and smote down King Arthur, because he told him not the cause why he bare that shield. And if so be ye can descrive what ye bear, ye are worthy to bear the arms. As for that, said Sir Tristram, I will answer you; this shield was given me, not desired, of Queen Morgan le Fay; a...

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...Malory Sir Thomas Malory»s Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table Volume Two Containing Books Ten through Twenty-one A Penn S... ...on Le Morte D’Arthur: Volume Two by Sir Thomas Malory is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...s, of your great goodness, for ye have rescued me of my life, and saved me from my death. What is your name? said Sir Tristram. He said: My name is Si... ...is tower, there came out Sir Breuse Saunce Pité, and suddenly he struck me from my horse. And then or I might recover my horse this Sir Breuse slew th... ...erlin had made to-fore, where Sir Lanceor, that was the king’s son of Ire- land, was slain by the hands of Balin. And in that same place was the fair ... ... stone. And there was the most mightiest battle that ever was seen in this land betwixt two knights, for they fought more than two hours. And there th... ...Round Table shall be broken; and wit thou well, said the king, this is the holy Sangreal that ye have here seen. So the king and Sir Launcelot led the... ...om all the foreign country should be brought out of danger, and by him the Holy Greal should be achieved. Then came forth a lady that hight Dame Brise... ... and at domesday to sit on his right side, for as sinful as ever I was are saints in heaven. Therefore, Sir Launcelot, I require thee and beseech thee...

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Excerpt: The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One.

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....... 16 POSTSCRIPT IN SECOND EDITION OF 1839. ........................................................................ 21 PREFACE BY MRS. SHELLEY. TO THE VOLUME OF POSTHUMOUS POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1824......................................................................................................................... 22 THE DAEMON OF THE WORLD. ..............................

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...OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS. EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON, M. A. EDITOR OF ... ...ORD WORDSWORTH. 1914. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One is a public... ...llation of the early editions; and in every material instance of departure from the wording of those originals the rejected reading has been subjoined... ...es capriciously. In the very act of transcribing his mind was apt to stray from the work in hand to higher things; he would lose himself in contemplat... ...’s western edge, When those far clouds of feathery purple gleam Like fairy lands girt by some heavenly sea: _205 Then has thy... ...at death Was on him. Yet a little, ere it fled, Did he resign his high and holy soul To images of the majestic past, That paused within his passive be... ...ed in divinest lore: A dying poet gave me books, and blessed With wild but holy talk the sweet unrest _455 In which I watc... ...priests hold so dear, Because they bring them land and gold. Of devils and saints and all such gear, He made tales which whoso heard or read Would lau... ...ment, And his most charitable nephews, pray That the Apostle Peter and the Saints Will grant for their sake that I long enjoy ...

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...THE ESSAYS 5 ?Of Truth 7 ?Of Death 9 ?Of Unity in Religion 12 ?Of Revenge 13 ?Of Adversity 14 ?Of Simulation and Dissimulation 17 ?Of Parents and Children 18 ?Of Marriage and Single Life 20 ?Of Envy 24 ?Of Love 25 ?Of Great P...

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... This publication of Francis Bacon’s THE ESSAYS OR COUNSELS, CIVIL AND MORAL, OF FRANCIS Ld. VERULAM VISCOUNT ... ...L AND MORAL, OF FRANCIS Ld. VERULAM VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth. To pass from theological, and philosophical truth, to the truth of civil business... ...rave towards God, and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Surely the wicked ness of falsehood, and breach of faith, cann... ...tem plation of death, as the wages of sin, and passage to another world, is holy and religious; but the fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature, is ... ...t move derision in worldlings, and depraved politics, who are apt to contemn holy things. As for the fruit towards those that are within; it is pea... ... a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island, cut off from other lands, but a continent, that joins to them. If he be compassionate toward... ...here is nothing to be seen, but sky and sea, men should make diaries; but in land travel, wherein so much is to be observed, for the most part they om... ...r. What would men have? Do they think, those they employ and deal with, are saints? Do they not think, they will have their own ends, and be truer to...

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...Excerpt: The text is taken from the printed ?Sterling Edition? of Carlyle?s Complete Works, in 20 volumes, with the following modifications: The footnote (there is only one) has been embedded directly into text, in brackets, [thusly]....

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...Contents LECTURES ON HEROES ............................................................................................................... 4 THE HERO AS DIVINITY. ODIN. PAGANISM: SCANDINAVIAN MYTHOLOGY. .............. 4 LECTURE II. THE HERO AS PROPHET. MAHOMET: ISLAM............................................... 38 LECTURE III. THE HERO AS POET. DANTE: SHAKSPEARE...

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...ON HEROES, HERO-WORSHIP , AND THE HEROIC IN HISTORY By Thomas Carlyle A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS ... ...TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...RO-WORSHIP , AND THE HEROIC IN HISTORY By Thomas Carlyle The text is taken from the printed “Sterling Edition” of Carlyle’s Complete Works, in 20 volu... ...s profession and assertion; which is often only a profession and assertion from the outworks of the man, from the mere argumentative re- gion of him, ... ...glio of Paganism,—more like a cloud-field than a distant continent of firm land and facts! It is no longer a reality, yet it was one. We ought to unde... ...,—burst up, the geologists say, by fire from the bottom of the sea; a wild land of barrenness and lava; swallowed many months of every year in black t... ... Poets, if not deified, yet we may say beatified? Shakspeare and Dante are Saints of Poetry; really, if we will think of it, canonized, so that it is ... ...ides over the worship of the people; is the Uniter of them with the Unseen Holy. He is the spiritual Captain of the people; as the Prophet is their sp...

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...NG by H. G. Wells A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication God the Invisible King by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...k or offend anyone who is prepared for the expression of a faith different from and perhaps in several particulars opposed to his own. The writer will... ...ted mental habits. It is well to warn him at the outset that the departure from accepted beliefs is here no vague scepticism, but a quite sharply defi... ...d, of an Infinite God, was the reason, so to speak, for the invention of a Holy Spirit, as something pro- ceeding from him, as something bridging the ... ... in this world; this was no matter for discussion, they declared, it was a Holy Mystery full of magical terror, and few religious people have thought ... ... admit, do anything of the sort?” The attentive reader of the lives of the Saints will find that this style of argument did in the past bring many tri... ...y a gentleman en- titled—I cite the unusual title-page of the periodical— ”Landseer Mackenzie, Esq.,” of the views of Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Obadiah upo... ...nd Obadiah upon the Kaiser William. They are distinctly hostile views. Mr. Landseer Mackenzie discourses not only upon these anticipatory condemnation...

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...Excerpt: LO I the man, whose Muse whilome did maske, As time her taught, in lowly Shepheards weeds, Am now enforst a far vnfitter taske, For trumpets sterne to chaunge mine Oaten reeds, And sing of Knights and Ladies gentle deeds; Whose pr...

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... THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE FAERIE QVEENE. Contayning THE LEGENDE OF THE KNIGHT OF THE RED CROSSE, OR OF HOLINESSE. by Edmund... ...OF THE RED CROSSE, OR OF HOLINESSE. by Edmund Spencer is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...ong: Fierce warres and faithfull loues shall moralize my song. Helpe then, ô holy Virgin chiefe of nine, Thy weaker Nouice to performe thy will, Lay f... ... as that same lambe, She was in life and euery vertuous lore, And by descent from Royall lynage came Of ancient Kings and Queenes, that had of yore Th... ... came Of ancient Kings and Queenes, that had of yore Their scepters stretcht from East to Westerne shore, And all the world in their subiection held; ... ...ection held; Till that infernall feend with foule vprore Forwasted all their land, and them expeld: Whom to auenge, she had this Knight from far cõpel... ...des all day for his trespas, Tydings of warre and worldly trouble tell? With holy father sits not with such things to mell. But if of daunger which he... ...xes of their due reliefe, Which giuen was to them for good intents; The holy Saints of their rich vestiments He did disrobe, when all men carelesse sl... ...t vnspotted lam, That for the sinnes of all the world was kilt: Now are they Saints all in that Citie sam, More deare vnto their God, then yoũg...

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...Introduction: 1. The Occasion of the Work. -- Luther did not impose himself as reformer upon the Church. In the course of a conscientious performance of the duties of his office, to which he had been regularly and divinely called, and without...

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...e on Go od Works by Mart in Luther A Treatise on Good Works Together with the Letter of Dedication by Dr. Martin Luther, 1520 , translated by M. Reu ... ...tion by Dr. Martin Luther, 1520 , translated by M. Reu is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document File is furnished... ...tment as the standing substitute for the sickly city pastor, Simon Heinse, from the city council of Wittenberg. Before this time he was obliged to pre... ...this time he was obliged to preach only occasionally in the convent, apart from his activ ity as teacher in the University and convent. Through this ... ...g chimes, jewels, vestments, gems and treasures, going to Rome and to the saints, curtsying and bowing the knees, praying the rosary and the psalter... ...JESUS T o the Illustrious, High born Prince and Lord, John Duke of Saxony, Landgrave of Thuringia, Margrave of Meissen, my gracious Lord and Patron. I... ... my most gracious Lord Frederick, Duke of Saxony, Elector and Vicar of the Holy Ro man Empire, your Grace’s brother, has not despised, but graciousl... ...ath in Psalm cxvi, “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.” And just as the confidence and faith are better, higher and stron... ...e same Prophet and in the Books of the Kings. This is also the way of all holy hypocrites when they are in trouble: they do not run to God, but flee...

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Excerpt: The Divine Comedy, Volume One, Hell [The Inferno] by Dante Aligheri, trans Charles Eliot Norton.

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...Contents INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................7 AIDS TO THE STUDY OF THE DIVINE COMEDY .......................................................... 14 HELL .............................................................................. 16 CANTO I. Dante, astray in a wood, reaches the...

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...The Divine Comedy Volume 1 Hell [The Inferno] by Dante Aligheri Translated by Charles Eliot Norton A PENN ST... ... Charles Eliot Norton A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Divine Comedy, Volume One, Hell [The Inferno] by Dante Aligheri, trans ... ...sed S y a blessed S y a blessed Spirit fr pirit fr pirit fr pirit fr pirit from H om H om H om H om Heav eav eav eav eaven.—D en.—D en.—D en.—D en.—Da... ...le. E cle. E cle. E cle. E cle. Escape fr scape fr scape fr scape fr scape from the fifth pit.—The sixth pit: hypocrites, in cloaks of gilded lead.—J ... .... 18 The Divine Comedy – Hell make her die of grief. He shall not feed on land or goods, but wisdom and love and valor, and his birthplace shall be b... ... and of her empire; both which (to say truth indeed) were ordained for the holy place where the successor of the greater Peter hath his seat. Through ... ...e bird at his call. Thus they go over the dusky wave, and before they have landed on the farther side, al- ready on this a new throng is gathered. “My... ... is before him. And we moved our feet toward the city, confident after his holy words. Within we entered without any strife, and I, who had desire to ... ... along with the ten demons. Ah, the fell com- pany! but in the church with saints, and in the tavern with gluttons. Ever on the pitch was I intent, to...

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Excerpt: The Book of Psalms, the Nineteenth Book of the King James Bible.

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Excerpt: The Divine Comedy, Volume Three, Paradise [Paradiso] by Dante Aligheri, trans Charles Eliot Norton.

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...Contents CANTO I. Proem.?Invocation.?Beatrice and Dante ascend to the Sphere of Fire.?Beatrice explains the cause of their ascent.......................................................................................................................................................... 6 CANTO...

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Preface: Androcles and the Lion. On the Prospects of Christianity by George Bernard Shaw.

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Excerpt: The First Book of Samuel, otherwise Called The First Book of the Kings, the Ninth Book of the King James Version of the Bible.

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Excerpt: The Proverbs, the Twentieth Book of the King James Bible.

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...The Pope receives a vision that includes the names of four men: a U.S. Senator, a covert military intelligence agent, a priest from a small parish, and the head of the Italian mafia. These men form an alliance to eliminate th...

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...onathan Cross 2 J.Cross/Artemis THE VATICAN CONSPIRACY A Novel by Jonathan Cross ... ...s 3 J.Cross/Artemis CHAPTER 1 THE VATICAN Pope Francis lithely entered into the small chapel n... ...ssed the crucifix as he closed his eyes and began to recite out-loud the Five Holy Mysteries of the Rosary. His nightly reverie, before bed, calme... ...pen. Startled, he watched with curious astonishment as a purple mist emanated from the Tabernacle on the altar where the Holy Eucharist was kept. A ... ...nishment as a purple mist emanated from the Tabernacle on the altar where the Holy Eucharist was kept. A singular focus began to take shape within th... ...st – a presence with form and face. An indescribable harmonic rhythm pulsated from an 4 J.Cross/Artemis iridescent, glowing white and purple tr... ... the night before. After experiencing a visitation, worthy only of the mystic saints, he should have felt exhilarated, consumed in a state of reverie... ... CHAPTER 4 THE VATICAN As the 747 swooped down into it's final landing pattern, Father Antonio looked out over the city of Rome, it's... ...l meets her daring knight and sweeps her off her feet and takes her away to a land of excitement and adventure. Nothing could have been farther from...

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...Preface: It is the fashion to call every story controversial that deals with times when controversy or a war of religion was raging; but it should be remembered that there are some which only attempt to portray human feelings as affected by...

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... BY CHARLOTTE M.YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Chaplet of Pearls by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsyl... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... Berenger’s education and opinions are looked on as not sufficiently alien from Roman Catholicism, a reference to Froude’s ‘History of Queen Elizabeth... ...of personal combat before the walls of Calais, Edward III. of England took from his helmet and presented to Sir Eustache de Ribaumont, a knight of Pic... ...er branch, or Black Ribaumonts, had received a grant from Louis XI. of the lands of Nid-de-Merle, belonging to an unfortunate Angevin noble, who had f... ...nours his loyal Protestants, and he trusts that the good God accepts their holy lives in His unseen Church, even though outwardly they are separate fr... ...get in thine one who yet lives, unhappier than all!’ ‘And, oh, my good, my holy Queen, will you indeed pray for him—my husband? He was so good, his fa... ...ake it as well to know nothing. Farewell, Madame, I commend you to all the saints till I come for you on Monday morning.’ Eustacie gave him her hand t... ...evenants can do nothing worse than scare one; they can- not touch one; the saints and angels will not let them—and my uncle would do much worse.’ But ...

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...Table of Contents IN THE HOTEL 8 LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS 10 WE MUST THINK MORE DEEPLY—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING 20 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS 24 -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES -- 24 SELF-CENTEREDASSUMPTIONS 32 GODBASEDASSUMPTIONS 41 CONCEPTS OF GOD ...

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...UR REASONS FOR DOING ........................................................................................................... 10 FREUD--AND THE NE... ...REUD--AND THE NEED FOR PLEASURE ........................................................................................................... 12 The Po... ... ...............................................................................................................................103 RETREATING FROM R... ...study our field—to throw suspicion off ourselves. ―We are afraid we won‘t be seen as logical. People are more likely to do something from a... ...the high we get when making a block or tackle in football?‖ 19 —―Or landin... ...en, eating meat less, praying or meditating more, reading the scriptures continually, decrying sin more loudly—are all possible activities of holy p... ...k priests over cleaning rights at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem at Christmas in 2007 and for worshiping rights at the Church of the Holy S... ...hey ‗mortify‘ their flesh by wearing a spiked celise on their legs, drawing blood and giving pain, as some Opus Dei members do. Some Catholic saints... ... ―In the same study with Denmark, Switzerland, Austria and Iceland in the top four positions, we find that seven of the top twenty are sunny lands ...

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...Prologue: Nennius, the lowly minister and servant of the servants of God, by the grace of God, disciple of St. Elbotus, to all the followers of truth sendeth health. Be it known to your charity, that being dull in intellect and rude of speech, ...

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...tons (Historia Brittonum) by Nennius Translated by J. A. Giles History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum) by Nennius, trans. J.A. Giles is a publica... ...ons (Historia Brittonum) by Nennius, trans. J.A. Giles is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...ot trusting to my own learning, which is little or none at all, but partly from traditions of our ancestors, partly from writings and monuments of the... ...rom writings and monuments of the ancient inhabit- ants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans, and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Is... ...Here beginneth the history of the Britons, edited by Mark the anchorite, a holy bishop of that people. 7. The island of Britain derives its name from ... ...f Aeneas and Lavinia descended Romulus and Remus, who were the sons of the holy queen Rhea, and the founders of Rome. Brutus was consul when he conque... ...uritania as far as the Pillars of Hercules; and crossing the Tyrrhene Sea, landed in Spain, where they continued many years, having greatly increased ... ...from this world to the Lord, and changing this life for a better, with the saints and elect of God he rejoices for evermore. 55. Saint Patrick resembl... ...time of each other, have been frequently confounded together.—Rees’s Welsh Saints. 36 History of the Britons of Guenedot, 3 in the battle of Catscau...

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...s Publication Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...a single characteristic of tyranny: a Governor and Council, holding office from the King, and wholly indepen- dent of the country; laws made and taxes... ...sentatives; the rights of private citizens violated, and the titles of all landed property declared void; the voice of complaint stifled by restrictio... ...tation, as if the slightest signal would rouse the whole 5 Hawthorne land from its sluggish despondency. Aware of their danger, the rulers resolved t... ... such rev- erence, as if there were sanctity in their very garments. These holy men exerted their influence to quiet the people, but not to disperse t... ... vouchsafed me to appear once again on earth, in the good old cause of his saints. And what speak ye of James? There is no longer a Popish tyrant on t... ...ey are leaving it, and find their earthly affection changed into something holy as religion. And what is Time, to the married of Eternity?” Amid the t... ... of New England was involved in this important quarrel. Should the grizzly saints establish their jurisdiction over the gay sinners, then would their ...

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...ROLOGY............................................................................................................. 11 Lecture II: CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF THE TOPIC ................................................................................................ 34 Lecture III: THE REALITY OF THE UNSEEN ...............................................................................

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...ture by William James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William J... ...s Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...emn emo- tion— Its ability to overcome unhappiness— Need of such a faculty from the biological point of view. LECTURE III THE REALITY OF THE UNSEEN Pe... ...ive charity— The perfect man is adapted only to the perfect envi- ronment— Saints are leavens— Excesses of asceti- cism—— Asceticism symbolically stan... ...overty as pos- sible equivalents—Pros and cons of the saintly char- acter— Saints versus “strong” men— Their social function must be considered— Abstr... ...logy— Does transcendental idealism fare better? Its principles— Quotations from John Caird— They are good as restatements of religious experience, but... ...e ocean to address us, or captured on the wing as they were vis- iting our land. It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk... ...ns did the sacred writers bring forth their vari- ous contributions to the holy volume? And what had they exactly in their several individual minds, w... ...t lately in meditating on the passages which show the person- ality of the Holy Ghost, and his distinctness from the Father and the Son. It is a subje...

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...CE. ........................................................................................................................................ 6 BOOK I THE EARLY YOUTH OF HENRY ESMOND, UP TO THE TIME OF HIS LEAVING TRINITY COLLEGE, IN CAMBRIDGE.....................................................................................11 CHAPTER I AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF ESMOND ...

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...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKEPEA... ...M MAKEPEACE THACKERAY A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty ... ...ESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY original from the publishers Boston, Estes and Lauriat, Publishers To the Right Hono... ...ll the produce that, for long after the Restora- tion, our family received from their Virginian estates. My dear and honored father, Colonel Henry Esm... ...wench on each knee, a dozen faithful and tipsy companions of defeat, and a landlord calling out for his bill; and the dignity of misfortune is straigh... ...ng’s army, who afterwards joined the Usurper’s Government; and Francis, in holy orders, who was slain whilst defending the House of Castlewood against... ...ared to Lord Castlewood, and caused him to turn to the one true church. No saints ever come to you.” And Harry Esmond, because of his promise to Fathe... ...lt used, 47 Thackeray according to his custom, to laugh, and say that the Holy Church throughout all the world, and the noble Army of Martyrs, were v... ...that, old as she was, she was for ever expecting, by the good of- fices of saints and relics, to have an heir to the title of Esmond. Harry Esmond was...