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Many peat mosses seem to have been formed by the destruction of forests , in
consequence of the imprudent use of the hatchet by the early cultivators of ... The
fermentation , however , in these cases seems to have been of a different kind .
Many peat mosses seem to have been formed by the destruction of forests , in
consequence of the imprudent use of the hatchet by the early cultivators of ... The
fermentation , however , in these cases seems to have been of a different kind .
Page 76
The Commoners * replied , that many of those who had signed had no common
right ; that some of the names were signed three or four times over , to make up
the list , so that the way to get a number of signatures seems to have been as well
...
The Commoners * replied , that many of those who had signed had no common
right ; that some of the names were signed three or four times over , to make up
the list , so that the way to get a number of signatures seems to have been as well
...
Page 179
Whatever might have been the profits of this work , Wesley seems to have
laboured laboured under great difficulties and privations , until his Life. Q .
Whether in St . Paul ' s rapture into the third heaven the soul remained in the
body ?
Whatever might have been the profits of this work , Wesley seems to have
laboured laboured under great difficulties and privations , until his Life. Q .
Whether in St . Paul ' s rapture into the third heaven the soul remained in the
body ?
Page 237
This Fillingham seems to have been a very refractory parishioner , as there is
also an item for expences in going to the Jus . tice , because “ he refused his
collection for the relyfe of the poor . ” There are two very curious old documents in
this ...
This Fillingham seems to have been a very refractory parishioner , as there is
also an item for expences in going to the Jus . tice , because “ he refused his
collection for the relyfe of the poor . ” There are two very curious old documents in
this ...
Page 278
Cases of this sort were so frequently brought to him that he was accustomed to
say to such persons , " you seem to think that ... troubled many years , when he
could no longer subdue it by that means , he seems calmly to have awaited his
fate .
Cases of this sort were so frequently brought to him that he was accustomed to
say to such persons , " you seem to think that ... troubled many years , when he
could no longer subdue it by that means , he seems calmly to have awaited his
fate .
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Page vi - I will open my mouth in a parable ! I will utter dark sayings of old : Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
Page 417 - And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, And never eateth with pleasure. They shall lie down alike in the dust, And the worms shall cover them.
Page 153 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours: and their works do follow them.
Page 199 - They did so, and he took me out of the window. Just then the roof fell; but it fell inward, or we had all been crushed at once.
Page vi - For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children : that the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born ; who should arise and declare them to their children, that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments.
Page 273 - Leaders of the people by their counsels, And by their knowledge of learning meet for the people, Wise and eloquent in their instructions...
Page 174 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears : we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing...
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Page 207 - An't please your worship, they have convarted my wife. Till she went among them, she had such a tongue ; and now she is as quiet as a lamb.' ' Carry them back, carry them back,' replied the justice, ' and let them convert all the scolds in the town...
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| Title | The History and Topography of the Isle of Axholme: Being that Part of Lincolnshire which is West of Trent Online access with subscription: JISC Historical Texts |
| Author | William Brocklehurst Stonehouse |
| Publisher | Longman, Rees, Orme, & Company, 1839 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 Aug 2005 |
| ISBN | 0598936025, 9780598936028 |
| Length | 463 pages |
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