The Monthly Repository, and Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Volume 1Francis S. Wiggins, 1831 |
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Page 11
... called to answer for their crimes before a righteous God , and palaces and cotta- ges , temples and theatres , have been involved in one general ruin , and a lake appearing where a city stood . It is not , therefore , at all surprising ...
... called to answer for their crimes before a righteous God , and palaces and cotta- ges , temples and theatres , have been involved in one general ruin , and a lake appearing where a city stood . It is not , therefore , at all surprising ...
Page 15
... called trances . In one of these he thought that a philosopher came to sup with him ; who , out of all the dishes served up at the table , would only eat of one , and that the most simple ; yet his con- versation was sprightly , his ...
... called trances . In one of these he thought that a philosopher came to sup with him ; who , out of all the dishes served up at the table , would only eat of one , and that the most simple ; yet his con- versation was sprightly , his ...
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... called the holy land , a district of Asia , bordering on the Mediterranean Sea , which has been since inhabited by Jews , Christians , and Mahometans , and at present is subject to the Turks . Circumcision was instituted by Abraham , by ...
... called the holy land , a district of Asia , bordering on the Mediterranean Sea , which has been since inhabited by Jews , Christians , and Mahometans , and at present is subject to the Turks . Circumcision was instituted by Abraham , by ...
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... called out for assistance . The dan- ger was pressing . Every one ran on deck , but no one dared to go farther ; they contented themselves with firing off several carbines ; and the animal , lashing the sea with his tail , and opening ...
... called out for assistance . The dan- ger was pressing . Every one ran on deck , but no one dared to go farther ; they contented themselves with firing off several carbines ; and the animal , lashing the sea with his tail , and opening ...
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... called about him the elements of the storm , and made , as it were , a plaything of the lightning . Kings , at the head of nations , are doing homage to his genius . The proudest and the loveliest of earth , the terrible in war , and ...
... called about him the elements of the storm , and made , as it were , a plaything of the lightning . Kings , at the head of nations , are doing homage to his genius . The proudest and the loveliest of earth , the terrible in war , and ...
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