Observations on Various Passages of Scripture: Placing Them in a New Light; and Ascertaining the Meaning of Several, Not Determinable by the Methods Commonly Made Use of by the Learned, Volume 3J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... less frequent than among the women ; though , it may be , more common than in later times . Before I dismiss this article , it may not be improper to beg my reader to consider , whe- ther the words of Jeremiah , Lamentations ii . 19 ...
... less frequent than among the women ; though , it may be , more common than in later times . Before I dismiss this article , it may not be improper to beg my reader to consider , whe- ther the words of Jeremiah , Lamentations ii . 19 ...
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... less of any thing but his grief , he threw his arms about the neck of the horse Zu al Jinnah , Zineb , Houssain's sister , a b Mortaz Alee , ( the chosen of God ) a surname of Alee . * Kerbela , the place in which Houssain and his 72 ...
... less of any thing but his grief , he threw his arms about the neck of the horse Zu al Jinnah , Zineb , Houssain's sister , a b Mortaz Alee , ( the chosen of God ) a surname of Alee . * Kerbela , the place in which Houssain and his 72 ...
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... less than four leagues over ; and when I re- collect the account that Maundrell gives of figures and inscriptions , which , like these , are engraven on tables plained in the natural rock , and at some height above the road , which he ...
... less than four leagues over ; and when I re- collect the account that Maundrell gives of figures and inscriptions , which , like these , are engraven on tables plained in the natural rock , and at some height above the road , which he ...
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... the heads of families of less distinc- tion . " After which he gave an account of a way of burial , practised anciently in that Lett . 7 , p . 281 . 5 country , which had been but lately discovered , and Of honouring the Dead . 71.
... the heads of families of less distinc- tion . " After which he gave an account of a way of burial , practised anciently in that Lett . 7 , p . 281 . 5 country , which had been but lately discovered , and Of honouring the Dead . 71.
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... less common than afterwards , and consequently that Joseph's being put into a coffin in Egypt , might be mentioned with a design to express the great honours the Egyptians did him in death , as well as in life ; being treated after the ...
... less common than afterwards , and consequently that Joseph's being put into a coffin in Egypt , might be mentioned with a design to express the great honours the Egyptians did him in death , as well as in life ; being treated after the ...
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Popular passages
Page 109 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Page 231 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 447 - And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine that they might drink.
Page 93 - Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Page 509 - Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not ; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert; and be healed.
Page 59 - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
Page 243 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 567 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood ; and that there may be blood throughout the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
Page 37 - Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come : and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
Page 82 - By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.