The Family Magazine, Or, General Abstract of Useful Knowledge, Volume 2Redfield & Lindsay, 1843 |
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... body , but con- tinued where their ages could be known and recorded . Yet it should be kept in mind that they lived till after the Dispersion , and consequently that the same diffi- culty would exist in relation to ascertaining their ...
... body , but con- tinued where their ages could be known and recorded . Yet it should be kept in mind that they lived till after the Dispersion , and consequently that the same diffi- culty would exist in relation to ascertaining their ...
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... body as still as if he were a statue . lation . St. Francis discovered by certain experience Labre's daily exercise in fasting and lifelessness re- that the devils were frightened away by such kind of duced him to so helpless a state ...
... body as still as if he were a statue . lation . St. Francis discovered by certain experience Labre's daily exercise in fasting and lifelessness re- that the devils were frightened away by such kind of duced him to so helpless a state ...
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... body , they walk so fast as that they easily overtake the lightest man in running ; they pierce him through with their tusks , throw him against a stone , and tread him under their feet ; but it is only when they have been provoked ...
... body , they walk so fast as that they easily overtake the lightest man in running ; they pierce him through with their tusks , throw him against a stone , and tread him under their feet ; but it is only when they have been provoked ...
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... body over a ledge for them but to remain where they were and starve . of rock , in a splendid fall 250 feet in height . * On the Dr. Richardson , however , nobly undertook to make a further side , the stream decreased so much , that ...
... body over a ledge for them but to remain where they were and starve . of rock , in a splendid fall 250 feet in height . * On the Dr. Richardson , however , nobly undertook to make a further side , the stream decreased so much , that ...
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... body ; he is easily taught to bend the knee to assist those who will ride on his back ; he caresses his friends with his trunk , and salutes with it the persons he is directed to take notice of : he makes use of it to lift burdens , and ...
... body ; he is easily taught to bend the knee to assist those who will ride on his back ; he caresses his friends with his trunk , and salutes with it the persons he is directed to take notice of : he makes use of it to lift burdens , and ...
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