The Museum, Volume 1Taylor & Gould, 1835 - 192 pages |
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... interesting , as displaying the wonderful variety and abundance of earth's riches ; and that wonder was greatly increased , on calculating that the utmost art and enterprize of man have never penetrated much lower than the thirty ...
... interesting , as displaying the wonderful variety and abundance of earth's riches ; and that wonder was greatly increased , on calculating that the utmost art and enterprize of man have never penetrated much lower than the thirty ...
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... interesting as those dresses and weapons . " that " Then what will you think when I tell you the contemptible , the frightful things which have disgusted you , are called gods by the poor hea- then , and are actually worshipped as such ...
... interesting as those dresses and weapons . " that " Then what will you think when I tell you the contemptible , the frightful things which have disgusted you , are called gods by the poor hea- then , and are actually worshipped as such ...
Page 67
... interesting proofs of the deluge ; but how sad that man should need a proof , where God has spoken , and declared that so it was ! Did Mr. Peele explain them to you ? " 66 " No , ” replied Mrs. Cleveland , smiling , “ I was the show ...
... interesting proofs of the deluge ; but how sad that man should need a proof , where God has spoken , and declared that so it was ! Did Mr. Peele explain them to you ? " 66 " No , ” replied Mrs. Cleveland , smiling , “ I was the show ...
Page 69
... interesting objects buried deep beneath the surface of the earth ; but I doubt whether you would like to remain long in those dark damp places , shut out from the cheerful light of day , and far re- moved from the beauties of our upper ...
... interesting objects buried deep beneath the surface of the earth ; but I doubt whether you would like to remain long in those dark damp places , shut out from the cheerful light of day , and far re- moved from the beauties of our upper ...
Page 88
... their father asked them what made it so much more interesting to them than the beau- tiful heads of Greece.- " Oh , Papa ! how can you ask that ! " exclaimed Jane . “ What hap pened in the days of Augustus Cæsar , Papa ? 88 THE MUSEUM .
... their father asked them what made it so much more interesting to them than the beau- tiful heads of Greece.- " Oh , Papa ! how can you ask that ! " exclaimed Jane . “ What hap pened in the days of Augustus Cæsar , Papa ? 88 THE MUSEUM .
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Page 93 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 157 - And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write ; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars ; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Page 183 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 168 - But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him; for the Lord seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Page 99 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 159 - I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Page 20 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, And brake up for it my decreed place, And set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 32 - And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Page 110 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Page 9 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings : So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.