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... sort of similitude with those of other men , but they come very near partridges ' eyes . Their shape resembles that of the Laplanders , but their head that of no other nation what- ever ; as their hair , their eyes , their ears , are ...
... sort of similitude with those of other men , but they come very near partridges ' eyes . Their shape resembles that of the Laplanders , but their head that of no other nation what- ever ; as their hair , their eyes , their ears , are ...
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... sort of animal ; and it is certain they have not done it for more than two thousand years . 134 . See Dr. CLARKE's Fleury , p . 87 . There are other Indians , says HERODOTUS , who have a particular grain , nearly of the size of millet ...
... sort of animal ; and it is certain they have not done it for more than two thousand years . 134 . See Dr. CLARKE's Fleury , p . 87 . There are other Indians , says HERODOTUS , who have a particular grain , nearly of the size of millet ...
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... sort of mendicant philosophers , who travel all over Hindostan , and live on the charity of the other castes of Hindoos . They are generally entirely naked , most of them robust handsome men : they admit proselytes from the other tribes ...
... sort of mendicant philosophers , who travel all over Hindostan , and live on the charity of the other castes of Hindoos . They are generally entirely naked , most of them robust handsome men : they admit proselytes from the other tribes ...
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... sort of crow with two claws , fastened to a long chain , which was let down by a kind of lever . " See PLUTARCH's Lives , vol . ii . p . 245 . 286 : POLYBIUS ( 1. i . c . 21. ) describes a naval machine , by the Romans called corvus ...
... sort of crow with two claws , fastened to a long chain , which was let down by a kind of lever . " See PLUTARCH's Lives , vol . ii . p . 245 . 286 : POLYBIUS ( 1. i . c . 21. ) describes a naval machine , by the Romans called corvus ...
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... sort of imitation of nature . It was called filiation . Among the Turks the ceremony is performed by obliging the person adopted to pass through the skirt of the adopter . WILSON's Archeological Dictionary . 456. [ Gen. xxx . 3 , 4 , 7 ...
... sort of imitation of nature . It was called filiation . Among the Turks the ceremony is performed by obliging the person adopted to pass through the skirt of the adopter . WILSON's Archeological Dictionary . 456. [ Gen. xxx . 3 , 4 , 7 ...
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Page 7 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 25 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 8 - And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Page vii - Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do : for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
Page 95 - Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
Page 18 - Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 105 - And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood ; I will even .set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Page 106 - I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Page viii - As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.
Page 4 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou takest away- their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created : and thou renewest the face of the earth.