Oriental Memoirs: A Narrative of Seventeen Years Residence in India, Part 68, Volume 1Richard Bentley, 1834 - India |
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... can never dwell ; hope never comes That comes to all ; but torture without end , Still urges , and a fiery deluge , fed With ever burning sulphur , unconsum'd ! " In process of time , at the intercession of the faithful angels , the ...
... can never dwell ; hope never comes That comes to all ; but torture without end , Still urges , and a fiery deluge , fed With ever burning sulphur , unconsum'd ! " In process of time , at the intercession of the faithful angels , the ...
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Page 41 - And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
Page 25 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes, That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
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Page 198 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 194 - And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish ; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.
Page 420 - He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him with their shadow ; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Page ix - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.
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