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... ancient , agriculture in , 100 , 198 harvest in , 261 Greenland , hospitality in , 16 Griquas , the , 213 Guenons , natural disposition of certain mon- keys , called , 374 HALLOWED be thy name , 296 Hampton Court , 224 Happy mistake , a ...
... ancient , agriculture in , 100 , 198 harvest in , 261 Greenland , hospitality in , 16 Griquas , the , 213 Guenons , natural disposition of certain mon- keys , called , 374 HALLOWED be thy name , 296 Hampton Court , 224 Happy mistake , a ...
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... ancients celebrated under that name : it is well described by Aristotle , and is common in the Mediterranean , gambolling in shoals at the mouths of rivers , and displaying a variety of rapid movements , well described by Ovid . The ...
... ancients celebrated under that name : it is well described by Aristotle , and is common in the Mediterranean , gambolling in shoals at the mouths of rivers , and displaying a variety of rapid movements , well described by Ovid . The ...
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... ancients were acquainted with this fact . Hence , Orpheus is said to have silenced , by his music , the hissings of the snake - headed Cerberus . " Cerberus Orpheo lenivit sibila cantu . " - LUCAN . He knew how to still the hissing of ...
... ancients were acquainted with this fact . Hence , Orpheus is said to have silenced , by his music , the hissings of the snake - headed Cerberus . " Cerberus Orpheo lenivit sibila cantu . " - LUCAN . He knew how to still the hissing of ...
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... ancient fortification . The men were armed with their sticks , which they always carry in their hands , and had attempted in vain to kill the reptile , which had eluded their pursuit : in its hole it had coiled itself up secure , whilst ...
... ancient fortification . The men were armed with their sticks , which they always carry in their hands , and had attempted in vain to kill the reptile , which had eluded their pursuit : in its hole it had coiled itself up secure , whilst ...
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... ancient Greeks and Romans . By the former it was designated Agria , namely wild , or growing in the fields . Hence the Romans formed Agrifolium , though it was more commonly designated Aquifolium , in allusion to the prickly leaf ...
... ancient Greeks and Romans . By the former it was designated Agria , namely wild , or growing in the fields . Hence the Romans formed Agrifolium , though it was more commonly designated Aquifolium , in allusion to the prickly leaf ...
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Page 197 - By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: for this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Page 193 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 165 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Page 173 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall live.
Page 461 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 108 - Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, " Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh ; " behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. And they shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord : and thou shalt be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.
Page 357 - Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Page 231 - Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness : by Whose stripes ye were healed.
Page 464 - And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven. And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Page 227 - Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee : In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.