Memoirs of the Court, Aristocracy, and Diplomacy of Austria, Volum 1

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Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856
 

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Side 52 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Side 165 - Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither : the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Side 234 - Emperor the elixir of life and the philosopher's stone ; and, even more than that, they gravely engaged in experiments to produce men, actual human beings, in the crucible, and to resuscitate mummies. Dr. John Dee, the celebrated English alchemist and necromancer, was one of the most conspicuous characters among this motley crowd. Rodolph at one time had the very highest opinion of Dee. Each looked upon the other as a great magician, and they were not a little afraid of each other. Even a man like...

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