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... passed to succeeding generations . They served as the prelude to battles ; they animated the warrior ; they consoled the aged . The hero , who could no longer wield the javelin , seated himself under an oak , and listened with delight ...
... passed to succeeding generations . They served as the prelude to battles ; they animated the warrior ; they consoled the aged . The hero , who could no longer wield the javelin , seated himself under an oak , and listened with delight ...
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... passed by , they saw the fig - tree dried up from the roots . And Peter , calling to re- membrance , said , Master , behold the fig - tree which thou . cursedst is withered away . " - Mark xi . 20 , 21 . THE Cursing of the fig - tree ...
... passed by , they saw the fig - tree dried up from the roots . And Peter , calling to re- membrance , said , Master , behold the fig - tree which thou . cursedst is withered away . " - Mark xi . 20 , 21 . THE Cursing of the fig - tree ...
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... passed upon the slave trade , clearly demonstrates to us , that one who was never called upon to dispense the favours of the crown , was yet able , from the firmly - established opinion , that , in his long public career , he did every ...
... passed upon the slave trade , clearly demonstrates to us , that one who was never called upon to dispense the favours of the crown , was yet able , from the firmly - established opinion , that , in his long public career , he did every ...
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... passing a night with the famous strumpet Laïs but the enormous tax which she exacted for that pleasure , ten thousand drachmas , in our money about three hundred pounds , produced this exclamation from the mouth of the orator , ¿ x ...
... passing a night with the famous strumpet Laïs but the enormous tax which she exacted for that pleasure , ten thousand drachmas , in our money about three hundred pounds , produced this exclamation from the mouth of the orator , ¿ x ...
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... passed by none , of his contemporaries , hesitates not to pay her the remarkable compliment of saying , that her instructions contributed powerfully to form the greatest and most eloquent orators of her age * ; while Plutarch + ...
... passed by none , of his contemporaries , hesitates not to pay her the remarkable compliment of saying , that her instructions contributed powerfully to form the greatest and most eloquent orators of her age * ; while Plutarch + ...
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Page 45 - And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes : and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
Page 10 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 26 - Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Page 152 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, "Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled;" notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 141 - Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Page 153 - But many of them are poor, and cannot afford to do it.
Page 158 - MY God, I am Thine, what a comfort divine, What a blessing to know that my Jesus is mine ! In the heavenly Lamb thrice happy I am, And my heart it doth dance at the sound of His name.
Page 31 - For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Page 32 - The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
Page 36 - And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.