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The world was all before them , where to chuse " Their place of rest , and Providence their guide : " They hand in hand with wand'ring steps and slow , " Thro ' Eden took their solitary way . " Fourthly , A sudden abruption from a state ...
The world was all before them , where to chuse " Their place of rest , and Providence their guide : " They hand in hand with wand'ring steps and slow , " Thro ' Eden took their solitary way . " Fourthly , A sudden abruption from a state ...
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| Title | Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews |
| Author | Robert Lowth |
| Editors | George Gregory, Johann David Michaelis |
| Publisher | J.T. Buckingham, 1815 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Mar 6, 2007 |
| Length | 516 pages |
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