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... say , that the most eloquent writer in England , or in the world , could persuade six hundred thousand Cherokee Indians , were it possible to col- lect so great a crowd together , that he had last week , or last month , divided the ...
... say , that the most eloquent writer in England , or in the world , could persuade six hundred thousand Cherokee Indians , were it possible to col- lect so great a crowd together , that he had last week , or last month , divided the ...
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... says the same learned Professor , whose words we have already quoted , " that several stars in the catalogues of Hipparchus , of Ulugh Beigh , of Tycho Brahe , and even of Flamstead , are no more to be seen : -they are gone , and have ...
... says the same learned Professor , whose words we have already quoted , " that several stars in the catalogues of Hipparchus , of Ulugh Beigh , of Tycho Brahe , and even of Flamstead , are no more to be seen : -they are gone , and have ...
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... says Dr. Thomas Thom- son , * " long supposed that this immense globe of matter ( the sun ) was undergoing a violent combustion , and to this cause they ascribed the immense quantity of light and heat which are constantly separating ...
... says Dr. Thomas Thom- son , * " long supposed that this immense globe of matter ( the sun ) was undergoing a violent combustion , and to this cause they ascribed the immense quantity of light and heat which are constantly separating ...
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... says St. Paul , " hath , " that is , hath inherent in himself , " immortality ; " and though other beings shall also endure for ever , and the human soul shall , we are assured , be of the number , both it and they must ever owe their ...
... says St. Paul , " hath , " that is , hath inherent in himself , " immortality ; " and though other beings shall also endure for ever , and the human soul shall , we are assured , be of the number , both it and they must ever owe their ...
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... say any more ap- propriate , test of their faith and obedience . Of no moral crime , in the ordinary meaning of the term , could they be guilty . With the whole world for their possession , they could neither steal , nor covet , nor ...
... say any more ap- propriate , test of their faith and obedience . Of no moral crime , in the ordinary meaning of the term , could they be guilty . With the whole world for their possession , they could neither steal , nor covet , nor ...
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Page 180 - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Page 73 - But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark...
Page 52 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 153 - I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac ; the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it and to thy seed ; and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south ; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Page 58 - Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Page 275 - Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
Page 169 - And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Page 280 - ... in their schools of philosophy. Accordingly there was a Presumption against chnst the Gospel in its first announcement. A Jewish peasant claimed to be the promised Deliverer, in whom all the nations of the Earth were to be blessed.
Page 58 - Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children: and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Page 270 - Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.