The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 14-15J. W. Parker, 1839 |
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... river Indus . It is bounded on the north by an extensive chain of snow - clad mountains , called Hindoo Koosh and the Paropamisan range * ; on the west by Persia , with HERAT for its frontier town ; and south by Beloochistan . It is ...
... river Indus . It is bounded on the north by an extensive chain of snow - clad mountains , called Hindoo Koosh and the Paropamisan range * ; on the west by Persia , with HERAT for its frontier town ; and south by Beloochistan . It is ...
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... River , ( latitude about 29 ° S. , longitude about 149 ° E. , ) when he was obliged to return , owing to the hostility of the natives . The second expedition was undertaken in 1835 , for the purpose of exploring the course of the river ...
... River , ( latitude about 29 ° S. , longitude about 149 ° E. , ) when he was obliged to return , owing to the hostility of the natives . The second expedition was undertaken in 1835 , for the purpose of exploring the course of the river ...
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... river , or chain of ponds . Selections have been frequently made of farms , which have thus excluded extensive tracts behind them from the water , and which , remaining conse- quently unoccupied , have continued accessible only to the ...
... river , or chain of ponds . Selections have been frequently made of farms , which have thus excluded extensive tracts behind them from the water , and which , remaining conse- quently unoccupied , have continued accessible only to the ...
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... river Limmat . It consists of a spiral tube coiled up on a cylinder , or in any other way that may be thought most secure ; one end of this tube is open , and at every revolution dips into the water and takes up a certain portion ...
... river Limmat . It consists of a spiral tube coiled up on a cylinder , or in any other way that may be thought most secure ; one end of this tube is open , and at every revolution dips into the water and takes up a certain portion ...
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... river Seine . IGNORANCE only could ever have dictated the sentiment that anything was made in vain - that ignorance which leads its victim to believe that he is the only object on which the good gifts of Providence should have been ...
... river Seine . IGNORANCE only could ever have dictated the sentiment that anything was made in vain - that ignorance which leads its victim to believe that he is the only object on which the good gifts of Providence should have been ...
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Page 27 - Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us.
Page 27 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall live.
Page 4 - And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us.
Page 45 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live, are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
Page 28 - The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken...
Page 157 - There with its waving blade of green. The sea-flag streams through the silent water, And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush, like a banner bathed in slaughter...
Page 4 - And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
Page 27 - He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made : for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
Page 161 - The wicked have waited for me to destroy me : but I will consider thy testimonies. 96 I have seen an end of all perfection : but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
Page 28 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him...