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" I say, flying in at one door, and immediately out at another, whilst he is within, is safe from the wintry storm ; but after a short space of fair weather, he immediately vanishes out of your sight, into the dark winter from which he had emerged. So this... "
The chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon. Also, The acts of Stephen, king of ... - Page 89
by Henricus (de Huntingdon.) - 1853
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The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation: From the Coming of Julius ...

Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1723 - 584 pages
...of your fight, returning from one Winter to another. So this Life of Man appears for a foort fpace, but of what -went before, or what is to follow, we are ut• .' ' terly terly ignorant. If therefore this new DoiTrin -contains fomething more certain, it...
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

1848 - 726 pages
...vanishes into the dark winter whence ho had emerged. So this life of man appears for a short space ; but of what went before, or what is to follow, we...utterly ignorant. If, therefore, this new doctrine contains something more certain, it seems justly to deserve to be followed." And in later ages, a poor...
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Horę Britannicę; or, Studies in ancient British history, Volume 2

John Hughes - 1819 - 432 pages
...again exposed to the tempest, and we see him no more. So, this life of man appears for a short space ; but of what went before, or what is to follow, we are utterly ignorant. If this new doctrine contain something that holds out to us more certain information as to futurtty, it...
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Yorkshire: An Historical and Topographical Introduction to a Knowledge of ...

John Wainwright - 1829 - 444 pages
...returning from one winter to another. So the life of man here appears fora very short space of time ; but of what went before, or what is to follow, we are entirely ignorant. If, therefore, this new doctrine contain something more certain, it seems to deserve...
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Historical sketches of the introduction of Christianity into ..., Volume 1

James B. Holroyd - 1834 - 426 pages
...the other, and then disappears from your eyes. Such is the life of man, it appears for a short space, but of what went before, or what is to follow we are...utterly ignorant. If, therefore, this new doctrine presents us with something more certain concerning our future state, it ought by all means to be adopted."...
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The Complete Works of Venerable Bede: Ecclesiastical history

Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1843 - 412 pages
...sight, into the dark winter from which he had emerged. So this life of man appears for a short space, but of what went before, or what is to follow, we...utterly ignorant. If, therefore, this new doctrine contains something more certain, it seems justly to deserve to be followed." The other elders and king's...
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Half hours of English history, selected and illustr. by C. Knight, Volume 1

English history - 1851 - 706 pages
...out of your sight, returning from one winter to another. So this life of man appears for a moment ; but of what went before, or what is to follow, we...utterly ignorant. If, therefore, this new doctrine contains something more certain, it seems justly to deserve to be followed." 'Never was a familiar...
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The Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon: Comprising the History of England ...

Henry (of Huntingdon) - 1853 - 482 pages
...swiftly flit across the hall, entering at one door, and quickly disappearing at the other; for the time that it is within it is safe from the wintry...it." When others had also spoken to the same effect, Coifi added, that he wished to hear Paulinus himself discoursing of his God ; after listening to whom,...
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The Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon: Comprising the History of England ...

Henry (of Huntingdon) - 1853 - 516 pages
...swiftly flit across the hall, entering at one door, and quickly disappearing at the other; for the tune that it is within it is safe from the wintry blast,...it." When others had also spoken to the same effect, Coifi added, that he wished to hear Paulinus himself discoursing of his God ; after listening to whom,...
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The Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon: Comprising the History of England ...

Henry (of Huntingdon) - 1853 - 490 pages
...in a little moment, and then the bird vanishes out of your sight, returning again into the winter 's night from which it had just emerged. So this life...it." When others had also spoken to the same effect, Coifi added, that he wished to hear Paulinus himself discoursing of his God ; after listening to whom,...
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