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Page 43
... ears , ruined the peace of more families , and done more mischief in the world , than all the highwaymen that were ever hung . He that sets his neighbour's premises on fire with a torch is taken up and tried for his life ; but he that ...
... ears , ruined the peace of more families , and done more mischief in the world , than all the highwaymen that were ever hung . He that sets his neighbour's premises on fire with a torch is taken up and tried for his life ; but he that ...
Page 88
... which once was the abode of happiness , afterwards became the habitation of anguish . Fathers , tell the tale to your children . Mothers , whisper it in the ears of your lisping THE PORTRAITS . 89 little ones , that they may.
... which once was the abode of happiness , afterwards became the habitation of anguish . Fathers , tell the tale to your children . Mothers , whisper it in the ears of your lisping THE PORTRAITS . 89 little ones , that they may.
Page 95
... ears from the stubble . Farmer Blount was a wealthy man . He was in the corn - field with the reapers , when he suddenly fell to the ground . Some said that he was struck by the sun , and others that it was a fit of apoplexy ; but ...
... ears from the stubble . Farmer Blount was a wealthy man . He was in the corn - field with the reapers , when he suddenly fell to the ground . Some said that he was struck by the sun , and others that it was a fit of apoplexy ; but ...
Page 101
... ear , but not ripe . It was of a grateful green colour , and waved to and fro , as the wind passed over it , like the billowy surface of the sea . The stems were very high , and the crop appeared abundant . Such a scene brings many a ...
... ear , but not ripe . It was of a grateful green colour , and waved to and fro , as the wind passed over it , like the billowy surface of the sea . The stems were very high , and the crop appeared abundant . Such a scene brings many a ...
Page 102
... ears . brought half a dozen of them to me , and I.much ad- mired them for their beauty and fulness ; but , when he told me to press the grains of wheat , I found that they contained nothing but a thick juice of a dark blue colour . Soon ...
... ears . brought half a dozen of them to me , and I.much ad- mired them for their beauty and fulness ; but , when he told me to press the grains of wheat , I found that they contained nothing but a thick juice of a dark blue colour . Soon ...
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Page 269 - And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead...
Page 2 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
Page 195 - For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness : all these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Page 92 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 107 - As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Page 220 - 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 50 - OsING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
Page 267 - Being, who is infinitely more than an adequate object of all those affections; whom we are commanded to "love with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind.
Page 17 - Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Page 262 - PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.