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... persons whom he meets , he at last comes upon a groupe of peasants standing near some chesnut trees , on one of which hangs a man , whose limbs are still qui- vering with the convulsions of death . Without heeding the significant ...
... persons whom he meets , he at last comes upon a groupe of peasants standing near some chesnut trees , on one of which hangs a man , whose limbs are still qui- vering with the convulsions of death . Without heeding the significant ...
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... persons manifest to obtain one . It is somewhat remarkable , that he does not him- self advert to his personal interview with King James on this occasion , which Noble has preserved on the authority of one of his family . Kiffin was ...
... persons manifest to obtain one . It is somewhat remarkable , that he does not him- self advert to his personal interview with King James on this occasion , which Noble has preserved on the authority of one of his family . Kiffin was ...
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... persons interested in preventing it , will be sensibly in- creasing every day . There is also reason to believe that , in order to attain this distinction , so ardently desired by all persons of mixed blood , mothers will study to give ...
... persons interested in preventing it , will be sensibly in- creasing every day . There is also reason to believe that , in order to attain this distinction , so ardently desired by all persons of mixed blood , mothers will study to give ...
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... persons here who follow any business : they are the Jews of Timor , and live on tea , rice , pulse , and knavery . ' · There are no people , ' adds our Author , the cast of whose countenance is more uniformly the same . Nothing is more ...
... persons here who follow any business : they are the Jews of Timor , and live on tea , rice , pulse , and knavery . ' · There are no people , ' adds our Author , the cast of whose countenance is more uniformly the same . Nothing is more ...
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... persons in the whole island . There are five or six crucifixes in every street ; and it is necessary that some outward sign should put them in mind of their religion , since there is no public worship . There has been no priest here for ...
... persons in the whole island . There are five or six crucifixes in every street ; and it is necessary that some outward sign should put them in mind of their religion , since there is no public worship . There has been no priest here for ...
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Page 280 - I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me : refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
Page 419 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 147 - Give unto the Lord. O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. "8 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name: bring an offering, and come into His courts. 9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before Him, all the earth.
Page 198 - Samuel, and of the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 84 - shall have the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession ; " when " the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Page 148 - But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy : and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
Page 513 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 282 - And no man putteth new wine into old bottles : else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred : but new wine must be put into new bottles.
Page 182 - I saw th' expectant nations stand To catch the coming flame in turn— I saw, from ready hand to hand, The clear, but struggling glory burn. And, oh! their joy, as it came near, 'Twas in itself a joy to see — While Fancy whisper'd in my ear, " That torch they pass is Liberty...
Page 99 - Troy wandering from clime to clime observant strayed their manners noted and their states surveyed...