The ancient nation: a sign and a wonder, by the author of 'The knights of the Frozen sea'.1874 |
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... JEWISH CAPTIVES IN BABYLON - 60 - 67 70 - 73 - 116 - 142 RUINS AT ALEXANDRIA , AND CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE - 178 CEDARS OF LEBANON · - 222 ROMAN SOLDIER - - 278 THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM - 310 ANCIENT TREE , CALLED ABRAHAM'S OAK - 328 JEWISH ...
... JEWISH CAPTIVES IN BABYLON - 60 - 67 70 - 73 - 116 - 142 RUINS AT ALEXANDRIA , AND CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE - 178 CEDARS OF LEBANON · - 222 ROMAN SOLDIER - - 278 THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM - 310 ANCIENT TREE , CALLED ABRAHAM'S OAK - 328 JEWISH ...
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... Jews ! " " Personally , " said Mrs. Conway , " I regret to say that I have no acquaintance with any of the Jewish people , but nationally I certainly have a strong affection for them . " " Yes , that's just it , " said Janet , while an ...
... Jews ! " " Personally , " said Mrs. Conway , " I regret to say that I have no acquaintance with any of the Jewish people , but nationally I certainly have a strong affection for them . " " Yes , that's just it , " said Janet , while an ...
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... Jewish natures , " she said . " In old times I do not think that it distinguished them . You must remember the ... Jews . " Really , mother ! and pray what have they to be proud of ? " Harry asked , contemptuously . " A good deal more ...
... Jewish natures , " she said . " In old times I do not think that it distinguished them . You must remember the ... Jews . " Really , mother ! and pray what have they to be proud of ? " Harry asked , contemptuously . " A good deal more ...
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... Jews did , the Pa- tricians not intermarrying with the Plebs , and so on ? " " For a good while certainly pride did ... Jewish distinctiveness , were all wanting ; so that when the nation began to decline , and the people to grow weak ...
... Jews did , the Pa- tricians not intermarrying with the Plebs , and so on ? " " For a good while certainly pride did ... Jewish distinctiveness , were all wanting ; so that when the nation began to decline , and the people to grow weak ...
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... Jews are an unmixed race , and about the only one , Mrs. Conway , " Martin said . " Well , but surely they have intermarried at any rate . Why , Solomon himself had an Egyptian wife ; and Ruth was a Moabitess too . Surely there must ...
... Jews are an unmixed race , and about the only one , Mrs. Conway , " Martin said . " Well , but surely they have intermarried at any rate . Why , Solomon himself had an Egyptian wife ; and Ruth was a Moabitess too . Surely there must ...
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Page 43 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 367 - And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee...
Page 35 - And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Page 166 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy, (Jesus Christ) 25.
Page 194 - Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. "And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all : and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
Page 195 - And the king of the South shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the North: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.
Page 45 - By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Page 45 - And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, 17 That in blessing I will bless thee...
Page 367 - I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul ; that then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee.
Page 133 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!