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... soon be disgusted with the formal notation of the botanist , and could not understand the learned terms in which the student of zoology too often finds the knowledge of animal nature concealed . Its main object is to illustrate the ...
... soon be disgusted with the formal notation of the botanist , and could not understand the learned terms in which the student of zoology too often finds the knowledge of animal nature concealed . Its main object is to illustrate the ...
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... soon passes away : the troubled surface quickly resumes its equilibrium , and displays its wonted tranquillity ; and hence we may assert , that the present condition of the world is not much different from what it would have been ...
... soon passes away : the troubled surface quickly resumes its equilibrium , and displays its wonted tranquillity ; and hence we may assert , that the present condition of the world is not much different from what it would have been ...
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... his more frequent presence and miracles . Besides , the knowledge of these scenes was soon extended to a very wide circle . The triumph of Pen- tecost increased vastly the number of believers ; and hence 22 INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS .
... his more frequent presence and miracles . Besides , the knowledge of these scenes was soon extended to a very wide circle . The triumph of Pen- tecost increased vastly the number of believers ; and hence 22 INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS .
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... soon as their metropolis was demolished they returned to dwell among its ruins . In the space of a few months they could not have forgotten the position of their sanctuaries , which , generally speaking , being situated out- side the ...
... soon as their metropolis was demolished they returned to dwell among its ruins . In the space of a few months they could not have forgotten the position of their sanctuaries , which , generally speaking , being situated out- side the ...
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... soon change the aspect of affairs , and bestow upon the Syrian provinces at large some of the benefits which the more liberal policy of Mohammed Ali has conferred upon the pashalic of Egypt . Proceeding from Galilee towards the ...
... soon change the aspect of affairs , and bestow upon the Syrian provinces at large some of the benefits which the more liberal policy of Mohammed Ali has conferred upon the pashalic of Egypt . Proceeding from Galilee towards the ...
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Page 204 - Then cometh He to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Page 193 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 65 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Page 96 - BLESS the LORD, O my soul : And all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, 0 my soul, And forget not all his benefits ; Who forgiveth all thine iniquities ; Who healeth all thy diseases ; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies ; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Page 235 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Page 315 - The trees of the Lord are full of sap ; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Page 107 - Ye shall dwell in booths seven days ; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God.
Page 97 - The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Page 41 - And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you ; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
Page 84 - And the people gave a shout, saying ; It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.