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... present moment , bears testimony to the fact . It is now more than 300 years since Columbus discovered our own continent : - but the American savages are , at this day , as distant from civilization as they were when the white man first ...
... present moment , bears testimony to the fact . It is now more than 300 years since Columbus discovered our own continent : - but the American savages are , at this day , as distant from civilization as they were when the white man first ...
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... present day . We thus behold the inhabitants of this new world , going for- ward with spirit and enterprise to build cities and to form civil communities , as soon as their numbers would permit . And the grandest cities which have ever ...
... present day . We thus behold the inhabitants of this new world , going for- ward with spirit and enterprise to build cities and to form civil communities , as soon as their numbers would permit . And the grandest cities which have ever ...
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... present to inquire what could have induced men , in those early ages , to unite in the construction of such massive and costly edifices . Whether it was the result of voluntary action on the part of the laborers , or whether it was the ...
... present to inquire what could have induced men , in those early ages , to unite in the construction of such massive and costly edifices . Whether it was the result of voluntary action on the part of the laborers , or whether it was the ...
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... present day . No doubt , the Newtons and the Lockes , the Miltons and the Sel- dens , the Fultons and the Franklins lived and labored then , as they have done since and are doing still , among a people not quite their peers in intellect ...
... present day . No doubt , the Newtons and the Lockes , the Miltons and the Sel- dens , the Fultons and the Franklins lived and labored then , as they have done since and are doing still , among a people not quite their peers in intellect ...
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... present half - human Copts are fair specimens of Pharaoh's wise men — the instructors of Moses and Cecrops , of Solon and Pythagoras ! And we are the more especially predisposed to favor this mode of reasoning , since it is everywhere ...
... present half - human Copts are fair specimens of Pharaoh's wise men — the instructors of Moses and Cecrops , of Solon and Pythagoras ! And we are the more especially predisposed to favor this mode of reasoning , since it is everywhere ...
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Page 56 - STAND fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Page 416 - The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream : and he that hath my word let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat ? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words, every one from his neighbour.
Page 18 - And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck : And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had ; and they cried before him, Bow the knee : and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Page 445 - I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Page 300 - So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken ? for ye shall speak into the air.
Page 68 - Whose lonely columns stand sublime, Flinging their shadows from on high, Like dials, which the wizard, Time, Had raised to count his ages by...
Page 18 - For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Page 108 - These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
Page 20 - I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
Page 33 - SWEET was the time, when first I felt The Saviour's pardoning blood, Applied to cleanse my soul from guilt, And bring me home to God.