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... present . But let it be remembered , that we have no authentic history of any country which was not inhabited at the time when it was first discovered or visited by civilized man . And who can pretend to tell us when or how the first ...
... present . But let it be remembered , that we have no authentic history of any country which was not inhabited at the time when it was first discovered or visited by civilized man . And who can pretend to tell us when or how the first ...
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... present ; besides the evidence involved in the very nature of the tradition ; —which , if fiction , must be pronounced the most extraordinary ever invented , since it has proved to be fact ; besides the facility with which it accounts ...
... present ; besides the evidence involved in the very nature of the tradition ; —which , if fiction , must be pronounced the most extraordinary ever invented , since it has proved to be fact ; besides the facility with which it accounts ...
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... present relative positions of the land and water , no very formidable obstacles exist ; and ways enough have been pointed out , by which the rudest savage could pass from the one continent to the other . The chief dif- ficulty , after ...
... present relative positions of the land and water , no very formidable obstacles exist ; and ways enough have been pointed out , by which the rudest savage could pass from the one continent to the other . The chief dif- ficulty , after ...
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... present . The shifting sands of the desert have been steadily encroaching upon its once fertile plains , and thereby diminishing its habita- ble territory , probably ever since the Persian conquest . Not long after the coronation of ...
... present . The shifting sands of the desert have been steadily encroaching upon its once fertile plains , and thereby diminishing its habita- ble territory , probably ever since the Persian conquest . Not long after the coronation of ...
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... present day , unparalleled , perhaps , in mo- dern times , except in the empires of China and Japan . Delhi , formerly the capital of Hindoostan , the boast of India , and the seat of the great Mogul , was estimated to contain two ...
... present day , unparalleled , perhaps , in mo- dern times , except in the empires of China and Japan . Delhi , formerly the capital of Hindoostan , the boast of India , and the seat of the great Mogul , was estimated to contain two ...
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Page 223 - I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good ; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Page 353 - Who is gone into Heaven, and is on the Right Hand of God ; Angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto Him.
Page 215 - And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
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Page 218 - Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first born, which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Page 14 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man. All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Page 210 - But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead ; much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace which is by one man Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Page 216 - The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity ; 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 408 - Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my brother: And in the churchyard cottage I Dwell near them with my mother.
Page 356 - And, behold, there talked with Him two men, which were Moses and Elias: who appeared in glory, and spake of His decease which He should accomplish at Jerusalem.