The State of the Blessed Dead (Classic Reprint)

The State of the Blessed Dead (Classic Reprint)

Author: Henry Alford

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-07

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9781330926369

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Excerpt from The State of the Blessed Dead I have already announced that during this Advent season I would call your attention to the state of the blessed dead. My object in so doing is simply that we may recall to ourselves that which Scripture has revealed respecting them, for our edification, and for our personal comfort. And I would guard that which will be said by one or two preliminary observations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


A Book of Cambridge Verse (Classic Reprint)

A Book of Cambridge Verse (Classic Reprint)

Author: Ernest Edward Kellett

Publisher: CUP Archive

Published: 2016-11-23

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13:

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Excerpt from A Book of Cambridge Verse Nevertheless, after all deductions have been made, how much true poetry is yet left! He must be hard to please who cannot find intense enjoyment in the Eclogues of Phineas Fletcher, in Cowley's epitaph on Harvey, in the Miltonic stanzas of Gray's Installation Ode, in a score of other pieces, grave, quaint, or classical in their allusive ness of phrasing. Especially grateful must we be to the number of poets, of exquisite feeling and easy mastery of form, who during the last fifty or sixty years have enriched the language with delicate and elegant verse, from which it has been only too difficult to choose because its quantity is so great and its merit so even. Of this we trust we have given a tolerably adequate selection but it would have been easy to multiply it fourfold. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Journey Through the Afterlife

Journey Through the Afterlife

Author: John H. Taylor

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780674057500

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With contributions from leading scholars and detailed catalog entries that interpret the spells and painted scenes, this fascinating and important work affords a greater understanding of ancient Egyptian belief systems and poignantly reveals the hopes and fears about the world beyond death.


The Classic Works of James Stalker

The Classic Works of James Stalker

Author: James Stalker

Publisher: Christian Classics Reproductions

Published: 2024-06-23

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13:

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We have collected these six books: 1- The Four Men 2- The Life of Christ 3- Seven Deadly Sins 4- The Life of St. Paul 5- The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ 6- The Preacher and His Models


Setting the Scene: The Deceased and Regenerative Cult within Offering Table Imagery of the Egyptian Old to Middle Kingdoms (C.2686 – C.1650 BC)

Setting the Scene: The Deceased and Regenerative Cult within Offering Table Imagery of the Egyptian Old to Middle Kingdoms (C.2686 – C.1650 BC)

Author: Barbara O’Neill

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

Published: 2015-04-13

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 1784911178

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This study investigates gender-based and ritual-dependent afterlife expectations of the deceased over a key phase in Egyptian history from the latter part of the Old Kingdom to the end of the Middle Kingdom Period, c.2686 BC - c.1650 BC.