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... coast , to the right hand beyond India . In ten days after this , ships reach a place called Betuma , where they may water . It is worth the notice , that in all the islands and peninsulas of the Indies , they find water when they dig ...
... coast , to the right hand beyond India . In ten days after this , ships reach a place called Betuma , where they may water . It is worth the notice , that in all the islands and peninsulas of the Indies , they find water when they dig ...
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... coast of China ; of this second voyage , it will be in our power , we hope and expect , to give some account at an early period . The po pulation of Bangkok , at which place the present journal commences , was four years ago , 401,300 ...
... coast of China ; of this second voyage , it will be in our power , we hope and expect , to give some account at an early period . The po pulation of Bangkok , at which place the present journal commences , was four years ago , 401,300 ...
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... coast of that island is surrounded with rocks and quicksands , which render its fine harbors almost useless , except to junks of very small tonnage . The eastern parts , which are still possessed by the uncivilized abo- rigines , are in ...
... coast of that island is surrounded with rocks and quicksands , which render its fine harbors almost useless , except to junks of very small tonnage . The eastern parts , which are still possessed by the uncivilized abo- rigines , are in ...
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... coast of Tsiompa is picturesque , the country itself closely overgrown with jungle and thinly inhab- ited by the ... coast of Cochinchina . The islands and promontories of this coast have a L very romantic appearance ; particularly ...
... coast of Tsiompa is picturesque , the country itself closely overgrown with jungle and thinly inhab- ited by the ... coast of Cochinchina . The islands and promontories of this coast have a L very romantic appearance ; particularly ...
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... coast , it appears probable that , before long , the fre . quent deposits of sand and mud at the mouth of the Amour , will render Segalien a peninsula , attached on the northwest , to Mantchouria . The principal Rivers of Mantchou are ...
... coast , it appears probable that , before long , the fre . quent deposits of sand and mud at the mouth of the Amour , will render Segalien a peninsula , attached on the northwest , to Mantchouria . The principal Rivers of Mantchou are ...
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Page 206 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 145 - And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Page 9 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !" The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Page 360 - For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 207 - For thy waste, and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
Page 295 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 191 - When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying. Have thou nothing to do with that just man : for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
Page 338 - There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Page 360 - For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Page 199 - God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. 3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.