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... that never tired . The first impressions , corrected and improved by subsequent
study and examination , are now reproduced for the eye of the public and the
heart of the pious . The author entertains the opinion that much has been
published ...
... that never tired . The first impressions , corrected and improved by subsequent
study and examination , are now reproduced for the eye of the public and the
heart of the pious . The author entertains the opinion that much has been
published ...
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... never sing but in strains designed and adapted to excite emotions which
should be utterly banished from the place of prayer . Put the case thus : A pious
and modest Oriental preacher ( who perhaps has rarely looked upon the face of
any ...
... never sing but in strains designed and adapted to excite emotions which
should be utterly banished from the place of prayer . Put the case thus : A pious
and modest Oriental preacher ( who perhaps has rarely looked upon the face of
any ...
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Planting Though the apostles seem never to have visited Beirût - a fact somewhat
of Christi- remarkable - yet Christianity was early planted here , and so flourished
that it anity . soon became the seat of a bishopric . Under the Christian ...
Planting Though the apostles seem never to have visited Beirût - a fact somewhat
of Christi- remarkable - yet Christianity was early planted here , and so flourished
that it anity . soon became the seat of a bishopric . Under the Christian ...
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37 II . killed the never seen ence . this coast , it was several times captured and
recaptured by Saracen and Chris- CHAPTER tian . Since the close of the
thirteenth century , few signal events have happened to vary the monotony of her
story .
37 II . killed the never seen ence . this coast , it was several times captured and
recaptured by Saracen and Chris- CHAPTER tian . Since the close of the
thirteenth century , few signal events have happened to vary the monotony of her
story .
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I never hear its harsh croak , or see it burrying hither and thither , as if it could not
rest , without thinking of Noah and the ark on Ararat . Te sent forth this uneasy
bird , which went to and fro until the waters were dried up , and never again
sought ...
I never hear its harsh croak , or see it burrying hither and thither , as if it could not
rest , without thinking of Noah and the ark on Ararat . Te sent forth this uneasy
bird , which went to and fro until the waters were dried up , and never again
sought ...
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