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... remained in their chosen habitations in Asia , their manners and forms of government were less changed , and , therefore , more of the wisdom of their ancestors was retained by them than by the world - wide scattered children of Japhet ...
... remained in their chosen habitations in Asia , their manners and forms of government were less changed , and , therefore , more of the wisdom of their ancestors was retained by them than by the world - wide scattered children of Japhet ...
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... remained perfectly unconscious of everything that was said : it was this which induced him to ascribe the whole phe- nomenon to electricity . In another cataleptic patient , Petetin not only observed an entire transfer of the senses to ...
... remained perfectly unconscious of everything that was said : it was this which induced him to ascribe the whole phe- nomenon to electricity . In another cataleptic patient , Petetin not only observed an entire transfer of the senses to ...
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... remained as one dead for a whole hour ; and three full hours passed before I had completely recovered from the effect . Suddenly I came to myself again , and called to Felix that he should drive the old man away . Felix wished to run ...
... remained as one dead for a whole hour ; and three full hours passed before I had completely recovered from the effect . Suddenly I came to myself again , and called to Felix that he should drive the old man away . Felix wished to run ...
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... remained unknown to me on account of my con- tinual ill - health , which , dating from my birth , weakened my body and destroyed my strength . During one of these states of prostration , I asked my attendant if she saw any- thing ...
... remained unknown to me on account of my con- tinual ill - health , which , dating from my birth , weakened my body and destroyed my strength . During one of these states of prostration , I asked my attendant if she saw any- thing ...
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... not at once leave the place . With a few of his companions he instantly left ; and those who remained were overpowered by their pursuers . ' 29 Several similar cases are recorded . Hildegarde's visions did not 98 HISTORY OF MAGIC .
... not at once leave the place . With a few of his companions he instantly left ; and those who remained were overpowered by their pursuers . ' 29 Several similar cases are recorded . Hildegarde's visions did not 98 HISTORY OF MAGIC .
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Page 306 - And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, and saying ; Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
Page 315 - But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
Page 312 - And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple ; 3 Who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked an alms.
Page 106 - And he charged them that they should tell no man. But the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it, and were beyond measure astonished, saying, "He hath done all things well. He maketh both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.
Page 284 - I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page 175 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 309 - Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto Him, Lord, by this time he stinketh : for he hath been dead four days.
Page 313 - Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
Page 319 - Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord : 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up ; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Page 303 - Now I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all ; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world...