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... elegance , as he wrote with accuracy . His heart was tender and sympathetic . He possessed a mind which felt its own strength , and decided on whatever came be fore it with promptitude . In those trials where affliction was to be ...
... elegance , as he wrote with accuracy . His heart was tender and sympathetic . He possessed a mind which felt its own strength , and decided on whatever came be fore it with promptitude . In those trials where affliction was to be ...
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... elegance of the style will necessarily captivate the eye and the ear of the classical reader ; the truth is , THAT THEY ARE MORE CAL- CULATED FOR PERSONS OF TASTE AND GENERAL READING , THAN FOR WHAT IS COMMONLY TERMED THE LEARNED WORLD ...
... elegance of the style will necessarily captivate the eye and the ear of the classical reader ; the truth is , THAT THEY ARE MORE CAL- CULATED FOR PERSONS OF TASTE AND GENERAL READING , THAN FOR WHAT IS COMMONLY TERMED THE LEARNED WORLD ...
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... elegance , the elevation of the author , these Lectures in our own language would exhibit the subject in a much fairer and more advantageous light , than in the original form . The English idiom , indeed , has so much great❤ er analogy ...
... elegance , the elevation of the author , these Lectures in our own language would exhibit the subject in a much fairer and more advantageous light , than in the original form . The English idiom , indeed , has so much great❤ er analogy ...
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... elegance of which would be lost , unless we adverted to the nature of the sacred rites - The exordium of the hundred and fourth Psalm explained , LECTURE IX . 104 OF POETIC IMAGERY FROM THE SACRED HISTORY . The imagery from the sacred ...
... elegance of which would be lost , unless we adverted to the nature of the sacred rites - The exordium of the hundred and fourth Psalm explained , LECTURE IX . 104 OF POETIC IMAGERY FROM THE SACRED HISTORY . The imagery from the sacred ...
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... elegance - Ecclesiastes : the argument , disposition , and style of that work - All the alphabetical Psalms of this kind , as well as some others - The Wisdom of the son of Sirach , written originally in Hebrew , in imitation of the ...
... elegance - Ecclesiastes : the argument , disposition , and style of that work - All the alphabetical Psalms of this kind , as well as some others - The Wisdom of the son of Sirach , written originally in Hebrew , in imitation of the ...
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Page 63 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 79 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Page 227 - Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Page 327 - His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
Page 319 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 166 - Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
Page 142 - As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
Page 226 - And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God, speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, assemble yourselves and come, gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
Page 103 - And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
Page 93 - And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people; and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.