Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume 2Redfield and Lindsay, 1835 |
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... length subsided , he went out of it , and , as an expression of his gratitude , built an altar and offered a sacrifice of beasts and fowls to his merciful Preserver ; whereupon God made a covenant with him that there should not be ...
... length subsided , he went out of it , and , as an expression of his gratitude , built an altar and offered a sacrifice of beasts and fowls to his merciful Preserver ; whereupon God made a covenant with him that there should not be ...
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... length transformed into poplars weeping amber instead of tears . " The human race excepted , the Elephant is the most respectable of animals . In size he surpasses all other terrestrial creatures , and in understanding he is inferior ...
... length transformed into poplars weeping amber instead of tears . " The human race excepted , the Elephant is the most respectable of animals . In size he surpasses all other terrestrial creatures , and in understanding he is inferior ...
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... length ; at that age , the Elephant is larger than an ox , and the tusks continue to increase till he is advanced in years . " In a wild state , the Elephant is neither bloody nor ferocious ; his manners are social ; he seldom wanders ...
... length ; at that age , the Elephant is larger than an ox , and the tusks continue to increase till he is advanced in years . " In a wild state , the Elephant is neither bloody nor ferocious ; his manners are social ; he seldom wanders ...
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... length traced our history down to the great community , but when we must consider each nation by itself . And in thus tracing history from the beginning , we have in our progress descended to the origin of nations , instead of ascending ...
... length traced our history down to the great community , but when we must consider each nation by itself . And in thus tracing history from the beginning , we have in our progress descended to the origin of nations , instead of ascending ...
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... length is eight or ten feet , but the breadth inconsiderable ; and the edges have a lacing attached to them , which serves to secure the lading . When used by the trader for his personal conveyance , it assumes a more finished character ...
... length is eight or ten feet , but the breadth inconsiderable ; and the edges have a lacing attached to them , which serves to secure the lading . When used by the trader for his personal conveyance , it assumes a more finished character ...
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Page 120 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 226 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared ; and the Egyptians fled against it ; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
Page 219 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested — that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 226 - Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you to-day : for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Page 58 - Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee : and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Page 10 - And darkness and doubt are now flying away; No longer I roam in conjecture forlorn. So breaks on the traveller, faint, and astray, The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. See Truth, Love, and Mercy, in triumph descending, And nature all glowing in Eden's first bloom ! On the cold cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending, And Beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.
Page 97 - And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Page 97 - And he said, thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Page 89 - And yet indeed she is my sister ; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother ; and she became my wife.
Page 97 - But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.