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Page 48
... dreadfully among themselves . In one day , they had such a battle with each other , that twelve thousand persons were left by them unburied . HARRIETTE . How shocking ! How could they expect to conquer the Romans when they were kill ...
... dreadfully among themselves . In one day , they had such a battle with each other , that twelve thousand persons were left by them unburied . HARRIETTE . How shocking ! How could they expect to conquer the Romans when they were kill ...
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... dreadful effects of famine were felt in the extreme ; but what the people suffered from the attacks of the Romans was very trifling . John and Simon were guilty of the most shocking cruelty , in order to obtain food for themselves , and ...
... dreadful effects of famine were felt in the extreme ; but what the people suffered from the attacks of the Romans was very trifling . John and Simon were guilty of the most shocking cruelty , in order to obtain food for themselves , and ...
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... dreadful end of this war , which occasioned the utter downfall of the Jews , from which they have never recovered to this day , but are scattered over the face of the earth , oppressed and scorned , however unjustly , by the rest of ...
... dreadful end of this war , which occasioned the utter downfall of the Jews , from which they have never recovered to this day , but are scattered over the face of the earth , oppressed and scorned , however unjustly , by the rest of ...
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... dreadful storm which still raged , every time a wave came high enough to reach the hole which was made in the side , so much more water ran in than they could manage to pump out before the return of another wave , that it was soon ...
... dreadful storm which still raged , every time a wave came high enough to reach the hole which was made in the side , so much more water ran in than they could manage to pump out before the return of another wave , that it was soon ...
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... dreadful the thoughts of death must be to them ! ELLEN . Though I know it was wrong of Jacob to show more favour to one child than another , I can hardly wonder at his loving Joseph and Benjamin the best , because they loved him and ...
... dreadful the thoughts of death must be to them ! ELLEN . Though I know it was wrong of Jacob to show more favour to one child than another , I can hardly wonder at his loving Joseph and Benjamin the best , because they loved him and ...
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Page 26 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 148 - And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses.
Page 77 - Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us, seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life...
Page 173 - That, reaching home, the night, they said, is near, We must not now be parted — sojourn here ; The new acquaintance soon became a guest, And, made so welcome at their simple feast, He...
Page 19 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Page 36 - And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Page 246 - WHEN all Thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Page 216 - Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Page 183 - Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
Page 14 - Why should I shrink at thy command, Whose love forbids my fears, Or tremble at the gracious hand That wipes away my tears...