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... saw another globe , about one inch in diameter like the first , though from my present central position it looked larger and very much brighter . And at a distance about half as great again as that A Dream that was not all a Dream . 5.
... saw another globe , about one inch in diameter like the first , though from my present central position it looked larger and very much brighter . And at a distance about half as great again as that A Dream that was not all a Dream . 5.
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... brightness , and my heart hath been secretly enticed , or my mouth hath kissed my hand ' ' ( that is , if he had worshipped these heavenly bodies ) , ' this also were an iniquity to be punished by the Judge ; for I should have denied ...
... brightness , and my heart hath been secretly enticed , or my mouth hath kissed my hand ' ' ( that is , if he had worshipped these heavenly bodies ) , ' this also were an iniquity to be punished by the Judge ; for I should have denied ...
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... brighter part of the corona , would be altogether concealed from view . And , lastly , at the end of totality the same state of things would prevail as at the beginning , only now it would be close to the part of the sun just about to ...
... brighter part of the corona , would be altogether concealed from view . And , lastly , at the end of totality the same state of things would prevail as at the beginning , only now it would be close to the part of the sun just about to ...
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... brightness , that it might well be believed to be the most important of all the orbs discernible by us . It is Hesperus , the star of the evening , the planet Venus ; and , in reality , so far from being the largest of all the orbs we ...
... brightness , that it might well be believed to be the most important of all the orbs discernible by us . It is Hesperus , the star of the evening , the planet Venus ; and , in reality , so far from being the largest of all the orbs we ...
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... brightness before Him were coals of fire kindled . - 2 SAMUEL Xxii . 12 , 13 . UN any evening during the month of April there can be seen , towards the south , a star far brighter than any other in the heavens , except ( for a part of ...
... brightness before Him were coals of fire kindled . - 2 SAMUEL Xxii . 12 , 13 . UN any evening during the month of April there can be seen , towards the south , a star far brighter than any other in the heavens , except ( for a part of ...
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