The Works of Thomas Dick, Volumes 1-4H. F. Summer & Company, 1836 |
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... kind , however , which may have the appearance of repetition , could all be comprised within the compass of three or four pages . The general subject of the present work will be prosecuted in another volume , to be entitled " The Mental ...
... kind , however , which may have the appearance of repetition , could all be comprised within the compass of three or four pages . The general subject of the present work will be prosecuted in another volume , to be entitled " The Mental ...
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... kind must , therefore , feel interested in endea- vouring to remove those obstructions which have impeded the progress of useful knowledge , and to direct the intellectual energies of his fellow - men to the prosecution of objects ...
... kind must , therefore , feel interested in endea- vouring to remove those obstructions which have impeded the progress of useful knowledge , and to direct the intellectual energies of his fellow - men to the prosecution of objects ...
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... kind in " Satan's invisible world discovered , " a book which was long read with avidity by the vul- gar in this country , and which has frequently caused emotions of terror among youthful groups on winter evenings , while listening to ...
... kind in " Satan's invisible world discovered , " a book which was long read with avidity by the vul- gar in this country , and which has frequently caused emotions of terror among youthful groups on winter evenings , while listening to ...
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... kind . That a man has one rib less than a wo- man , that there is a certain Jew still alive , who has wandered through the world since the crucifixion of Christ , -that the coffin of Maho- met is suspended in the air between two load ...
... kind . That a man has one rib less than a wo- man , that there is a certain Jew still alive , who has wandered through the world since the crucifixion of Christ , -that the coffin of Maho- met is suspended in the air between two load ...
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... kind , increased these prodigies of folly and horror . The pri- sons were filled , the gibbets left standing , and The Scots appear to have displayed a more than ordinary zeal against witches , and it is said that more deranged old ...
... kind , increased these prodigies of folly and horror . The pri- sons were filled , the gibbets left standing , and The Scots appear to have displayed a more than ordinary zeal against witches , and it is said that more deranged old ...
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Page 74 - No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us.
Page 55 - So shall it be at the end of the world : the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 55 - For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 83 - And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
Page 34 - Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Page 164 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common ; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 62 - Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness remain in the fruitful field. And the work of righteousness shall be peace ; And the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Page 60 - I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Page 118 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 75 - Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you : that ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.