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... for another opportunity . His lurking place is gener- ally near a spring or river , that he may lay hold of the animals which come thither to quench their thirst . It is observed of the lion , that his courage 40 THIRD BOOK .
... for another opportunity . His lurking place is gener- ally near a spring or river , that he may lay hold of the animals which come thither to quench their thirst . It is observed of the lion , that his courage 40 THIRD BOOK .
Page 41
... rivers . His strength is immense . Near the Cape of Good Hope , a lion was seen to seize a heifer in his mouth , and though the legs dragged on the ground , he appeared to carry her off with the same ease that a dog does a rat , and ...
... rivers . His strength is immense . Near the Cape of Good Hope , a lion was seen to seize a heifer in his mouth , and though the legs dragged on the ground , he appeared to carry her off with the same ease that a dog does a rat , and ...
Page 68
... bright tawny yellow , shaded into pure white on the under parts , and marked with rich dark stripes . The tiger is only found in Asia . His favourite abode is the low rich woody countries near a river 68 THIRD BOOK .
... bright tawny yellow , shaded into pure white on the under parts , and marked with rich dark stripes . The tiger is only found in Asia . His favourite abode is the low rich woody countries near a river 68 THIRD BOOK .
Page 69
... river Thames , where the ship that brought her was unladen , became very fierce and dangerous from her irritation at the crowd assembled round her . She was of course confined in a cage , but the new keeper to whom she was consigned ...
... river Thames , where the ship that brought her was unladen , became very fierce and dangerous from her irritation at the crowd assembled round her . She was of course confined in a cage , but the new keeper to whom she was consigned ...
Page 70
... rivers , sometimes for hun- dreds of miles , for the purpose of depositing its spawn , or eggs . In these ... river Liffey , a few miles above Dublin , there is a cataract about nineteen feet high : here , in the salmon season ...
... rivers , sometimes for hun- dreds of miles , for the purpose of depositing its spawn , or eggs . In these ... river Liffey , a few miles above Dublin , there is a cataract about nineteen feet high : here , in the salmon season ...
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Page 75 - And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of Heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not, for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is'. 'Arise lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation'.
Page 216 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 76 - Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Page 94 - And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou and thy children and thy children's children, and thy flocks and thy herds and all that thou hast. And there will I nourish thee (for yet there are five years of famine), lest thou and thy household and all that thou hast come to poverty.
Page 93 - And we said, We cannot go down. If our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down : for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
Page 77 - And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 127 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
Page 99 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season...
Page 43 - And, looking o'er the hedge, before me I espied A snow-white mountain Lamb with a Maiden at its side. No other sheep were near, the Lamb was all alone, And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone ; With one knee on the grass did the little Maiden kneel While to that Mountain Lamb she gave its evening meal.
Page 93 - Now therefore, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; it shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die : and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy- servant our father with sorrow to the grave.