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Page 10
... rich , study not to increase his stores , but to diminish his desires . " " The Mexican figures , or picture writing , represent things , not words : they exhibit images to the eye , not ideas to the un derstanding . " Some sentences ...
... rich , study not to increase his stores , but to diminish his desires . " " The Mexican figures , or picture writing , represent things , not words : they exhibit images to the eye , not ideas to the un derstanding . " Some sentences ...
Page 32
... rich embroidery , placed for his favourite . Side - boards , loaded with gold and silver plate of immense value , were arranged in the apartment . 3 Pages of extraordinary beauty , were ordered to attend his table , and to obey his ...
... rich embroidery , placed for his favourite . Side - boards , loaded with gold and silver plate of immense value , were arranged in the apartment . 3 Pages of extraordinary beauty , were ordered to attend his table , and to obey his ...
Page 33
... rich gifts from the king , he presents him- self before the prophet ; and accosts him in terms of the highest respect . During the conference which they held together , Elisha fixed his eyes steadfastly on the countenance of Hazael ...
... rich gifts from the king , he presents him- self before the prophet ; and accosts him in terms of the highest respect . During the conference which they held together , Elisha fixed his eyes steadfastly on the countenance of Hazael ...
Page 39
... rich . " 6 Full of his new resolution , he shut himself in his cham- ber for six months , to deliberate how he should grow rich . He sometimes purposed to offer himself as a counsellor to one of the kings in India ; and at others ...
... rich . " 6 Full of his new resolution , he shut himself in his cham- ber for six months , to deliberate how he should grow rich . He sometimes purposed to offer himself as a counsellor to one of the kings in India ; and at others ...
Page 40
... rich by silent profit , and persever- ing industry . 10 Having sold his patrimony , he engaged in merchan dise ; and in twenty years , purchased lands , on which he aised a house , equal in sumptuousness to that of the vizier ; to this ...
... rich by silent profit , and persever- ing industry . 10 Having sold his patrimony , he engaged in merchan dise ; and in twenty years , purchased lands , on which he aised a house , equal in sumptuousness to that of the vizier ; to this ...
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Page 91 - And now behold I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befal me there, save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.