The ancient nation: a sign and a wonder, by the author of 'The knights of the Frozen sea'.1874 |
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... brought about the re - establishment of the Western Empire ; and all this without counting the Greeks , who for centuries had been counted as Roman citizens , and enjoyed the same privileges ; -how through all this time we do not read ...
... brought about the re - establishment of the Western Empire ; and all this without counting the Greeks , who for centuries had been counted as Roman citizens , and enjoyed the same privileges ; -how through all this time we do not read ...
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... brought up by her grandmother , and got her books at her death . I have seen some queer old things written about three hundred years ago , " returned Martin . " And what were they about ? " she asked . " Oh , they were religious books ...
... brought up by her grandmother , and got her books at her death . I have seen some queer old things written about three hundred years ago , " returned Martin . " And what were they about ? " she asked . " Oh , they were religious books ...
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... brought and took messages for him , " Janet said . " In such times as those , people must have sent elaborate messages to one another , I'm sure . But what a strange state the land must have been in , all cut up into tiny kingdoms ; and ...
... brought and took messages for him , " Janet said . " In such times as those , people must have sent elaborate messages to one another , I'm sure . But what a strange state the land must have been in , all cut up into tiny kingdoms ; and ...
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... brought trouble into his house by so doing . But God soon shewed him his mistake , and that this was not the way by which he was to obtain the promised seed . I did not mean , though , that Abraham never had his moments of weak faith ...
... brought trouble into his house by so doing . But God soon shewed him his mistake , and that this was not the way by which he was to obtain the promised seed . I did not mean , though , that Abraham never had his moments of weak faith ...
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... brought forward predictions plainly fulfilled ; and this , while the struggle for independence in the nation went on , was by no means so clear , nor indeed was it until the peoples - so it should be - began to render 4 FIRST PROMISES . 49.
... brought forward predictions plainly fulfilled ; and this , while the struggle for independence in the nation went on , was by no means so clear , nor indeed was it until the peoples - so it should be - began to render 4 FIRST PROMISES . 49.
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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!