The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries, Volym 2

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Sida 127 - It was hard by the dim lake of Auber, In the misty mid region of Weir: It was down by the dank tarn of Auber, In the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir.
Sida 182 - He was then informed that malefactors like himself were shot with their backs to the soldiers ; he submitted, at the same time advising a priest, who persisted in remaining near him, to withdraw, so as not to expose himself. Twenty-one balls took effect, four in the head, yet he still breathed and muttered in his throat ; the twentysecond put an end to him. This fact was confirmed by all the officers and soldiers present at his death. "As soon as we perceived...
Sida 132 - Sierra occupied by the 3d division of infantry. — One division of French infantry arrived at the top of the ridge...
Sida 232 - Complete freedom of electoral addresses. 'These are the only means by which Russia can enter upon the path of peaceful and regular development. We solemnly declare, before the country, and before the whole world, that our party will submit unconditionally to the National Assembly which meets upon the basis of the above conditions, and will offer no opposition to the Government which the National Assembly may sanction.
Sida 28 - I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.
Sida 88 - ... chains of love," substituted. The candidates were then conducted to the altar, where they took the oath of secrecy ; and thence to the mysterious groves in the neighbourhood of the Temple of Love, where incense was offered up to Venus and her son. If it was a knight who had been initiated, he exchanged his crown of myrtle for the rose of the last initiated nymph ; and if a nymph, she exchanged her rose for the myrtle crown of Brother Sentiment The horrors of the Revolution scattered these knights...
Sida 115 - State — by means of a national bank ; the centralization of the means of transport in the hands of the State ; national workshops ; the reclamation and improvement of land ; and the gratuitous education of all the children. But all these fine schemes of amelioration, or rather spoliation, in consequence of the Revolution of February, 1848, ended in smoke; and it was not till the year 1859, when the London builders' dispute arose, that new alliances among the working men were formed.
Sida 23 - I do most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, without the least equivocation, mental reservation, or self-evasion of mind in me whatsoever ; binding myself under no less penalty, than to have my throat cut across, my tongue torn out by the roots, and my body buried in the rough sands of the sea, at low water mark, where the tide ebbs and flows twice in twentyfour hours. So help me God, and keep me steadfast, in the due performance of the same.
Sida 8 - Need I quote more ? Now in the Introduction (6, 7) I have stated that there was from the very first appearance of man on the earth a highly favoured and civilised race, possessing a full knowledge of the laws and properties of nature, and which knowledge was embodied in mystical figures and schemes, such as were deemed appropriate emblems for its preservation and propagation. These figures and schemes are preserved in Masonry, but not in the pseudo-Masonry of the majority of craft members. The truest...
Sida 38 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

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