The Huguenot Galley-slave: Being the Autobiography of a French Protestant Condemned to the Galleys for the Sake of His ReligionLeypoldt & Holt, 1867 - 241 Seiten |
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... able at length to realize the wish of our eminent historian . If we try to revive these glorious recollections of the past history of our Church , it is not to excite anew those religious conflicts in which our ancestors so ardently ...
... able at length to realize the wish of our eminent historian . If we try to revive these glorious recollections of the past history of our Church , it is not to excite anew those religious conflicts in which our ancestors so ardently ...
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... able at length to realize the wish of our eminent historian . If we try to revive these glorious recollections of the past history of our Church , it is not to excite anew those religious conflicts in which our ancestors so ardently ...
... able at length to realize the wish of our eminent historian . If we try to revive these glorious recollections of the past history of our Church , it is not to excite anew those religious conflicts in which our ancestors so ardently ...
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... able to indulge in the pleasure of dragooning the Reformed in France , because the king had all his troops upon the frontiers of his kingdom ; but no sooner was peace con- cluded , than they wished to indemnify themselves for the repose ...
... able to indulge in the pleasure of dragooning the Reformed in France , because the king had all his troops upon the frontiers of his kingdom ; but no sooner was peace con- cluded , than they wished to indemnify themselves for the repose ...
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... able to enter the town with the crowd without being recognized as strangers by the sentinel at the gate . Having decided upon this stratagem , we emptied our knapsacks of the few shirts which we had , putting them all on , and the ...
... able to enter the town with the crowd without being recognized as strangers by the sentinel at the gate . Having decided upon this stratagem , we emptied our knapsacks of the few shirts which we had , putting them all on , and the ...
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... able to observe us . When he saw us so early in his kitchen he inquired our reason for such early rising . We said that having to go to the governor with him , we wished to breakfast at once , so that on leaving the governor's house we ...
... able to observe us . When he saw us so early in his kitchen he inquired our reason for such early rising . We said that having to go to the governor with him , we wished to breakfast at once , so that on leaving the governor's house we ...
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Seite xii - After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands ; And cried with a loud voice ; saying; Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Seite 237 - Christian patience and constancy, they bore their torments : in the extremity of their pain, never expressing anything like rage ; but calling upon Almighty GOD, and imploring his assistance. I visited them, day by day; and as often as I did, my conscience upbraided me for persisting so long in a religion, whose capital errors I had...
Seite i - Huguenot Galley-Slave, being the autobiography of a French Protestant condemned to the Galleys for the sake of his religion. Translated from the French of Jean Marteilhe. 12mo. $1.50. "Open the book where you will, and it is almost Impossible to lay it down again. * It is,
Seite xii - Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple : and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters : and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Seite 238 - Christians, having a little money, distributed it to his brethren and fellow-sufferers in the galleys; but the Protestants being watched more narrowly than the rest, he could not do it so secretly, but he was discovered, and brought before M.
Seite 237 - I was myself. It was wonderful to see with what true Christian patience and constancy they bore their torments ; in the extremity of their pain never expressing anything like rage, but calling upon Almighty God and imploring his assistance. I visited them day by day, and as often as I did, my conscience upbraided me for persisting so long in a religion whose capital errors I long before perceived, and, above all, that inspired so much cruelty—a temper directly opposite to the spirit of Christianity.
Seite 180 - Come unto me, all ye who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.