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Page 61
... house therequeft of the traveller , fpeak- ing , no doubt , as favourably of him as fhecould . Her intelligence foon brought forth her brother , who had been in- formed by his fifter that he was the fervant of the celebrated Abraham ...
... house therequeft of the traveller , fpeak- ing , no doubt , as favourably of him as fhecould . Her intelligence foon brought forth her brother , who had been in- formed by his fifter that he was the fervant of the celebrated Abraham ...
Page 80
... house of his father . After this , the bridegroom's father proposed a plan of intercourfe , and intermar- riage with the tribe of Jacob , and , in general , it was accepted . But fome braver fpirits amongst the relations of Dinah ...
... house of his father . After this , the bridegroom's father proposed a plan of intercourfe , and intermar- riage with the tribe of Jacob , and , in general , it was accepted . But fome braver fpirits amongst the relations of Dinah ...
Page 87
... house of her " fathers . Raife the fong of mourning over the strangers . One day we must < c ઃઃ * fall ; and they have only fallen before << us . Why doft thou build the hall , " fon of the winged days ! Thou lookest " from thy towers ...
... house of her " fathers . Raife the fong of mourning over the strangers . One day we must < c ઃઃ * fall ; and they have only fallen before << us . Why doft thou build the hall , " fon of the winged days ! Thou lookest " from thy towers ...
Page 105
... house of Levi . ank took to wife a daughter of Levi .. And the woman conceived , and bare a fon . THE HERE are fome beautiful and re markable circumftances concern ing the birth of Mofes , and they are told ( as ufual ) with all ...
... house of Levi . ank took to wife a daughter of Levi .. And the woman conceived , and bare a fon . THE HERE are fome beautiful and re markable circumftances concern ing the birth of Mofes , and they are told ( as ufual ) with all ...
Page 111
... house , and into thy bedcham- " ber , and upon thy bed , and into the " houfe of thy fervants , and upon thy people , and into thine ovans , and " into thy kneading - troughs . " 66 Thus every private comfort was de- ftroyed , and it ...
... house , and into thy bedcham- " ber , and upon thy bed , and into the " houfe of thy fervants , and upon thy people , and into thine ovans , and " into thy kneading - troughs . " 66 Thus every private comfort was de- ftroyed , and it ...
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Abraham againſt alfo allufion almoft amidſt amongſt anfwer Balaam beauty becauſe Behold bleffings Boaz bofom brethren brother children of men Cicero cife circumftance compariſon confequence darkneſs daughter defcription defign defire Deity difplayed divine Efau ESSAY ESSAY facred fafe faid unto fame father fcene fcripture fecond feem fenfe fent fentence fentiment fervant ferve feven fhall fhew fhould fide filence fimplicity fince firft firſt fome foon foul fpeak fpirit freſh ftand ftill ftory ftrength ftroke fubject fublime fuch fuperior furely fword Gath Goliah hand hath heart Heaven hiftory himſelf honour houfe houſe human Ifaac Ifrael illuftration infpire inftance itſelf Jacob Jofeph laft laſt lefs Lord Midian Moab Mofes moft moſt muft muſt Naomi nature obfervations occafion Orpah paffages paffions PASSAGE Philiftine poffible prefent racter reafon Ruth ſhe tender thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tion univerfal verfe verſe whofe ZAREPHATH