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... remains of cisterns are to be found , in which they collected the rain - water ; and traces of the canals by which these waters were distributed on the fields , but now , even the plentiful fountain gushes forth in vain , for there are ...
... remains of cisterns are to be found , in which they collected the rain - water ; and traces of the canals by which these waters were distributed on the fields , but now , even the plentiful fountain gushes forth in vain , for there are ...
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... remains buried in the ground , occasionally does much mischief , by gnawing the stalk of the plant about half an inch from the sur- face . But , supposing the cultivator has escaped the more serious attacks of the enemies of his crop ...
... remains buried in the ground , occasionally does much mischief , by gnawing the stalk of the plant about half an inch from the sur- face . But , supposing the cultivator has escaped the more serious attacks of the enemies of his crop ...
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... remains unnoticed . Wool was probably one of the first materials used by mankind for cloth . It is mentioned in the Scriptures in connexion with linen , ( Deut . xxii . 11 ; Prov . xxxi . 13 ) ; and the manu- facture of both these ...
... remains unnoticed . Wool was probably one of the first materials used by mankind for cloth . It is mentioned in the Scriptures in connexion with linen , ( Deut . xxii . 11 ; Prov . xxxi . 13 ) ; and the manu- facture of both these ...
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... remain shall be caught up , together with the raised bodies of thy saints , into the clouds , to meet Thee in the air , to dwell with Thee in glory . - BISHOP HALL . ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY . MORTALITY , behold and fear , What ...
... remain shall be caught up , together with the raised bodies of thy saints , into the clouds , to meet Thee in the air , to dwell with Thee in glory . - BISHOP HALL . ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY . MORTALITY , behold and fear , What ...
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... remains of a building with fine Roman arches , many of which still remained perfect , while other masses of fallen fragments lay scattered beneath them . A little beyond were the remains of another pile , with five or six granite ...
... remains of a building with fine Roman arches , many of which still remained perfect , while other masses of fallen fragments lay scattered beneath them . A little beyond were the remains of another pile , with five or six granite ...
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Página 264 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Página 236 - I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Página 178 - O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Página 134 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Página 95 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Página 291 - I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house. Also I had great possessions of great and small cattle, above all that were in Jerusalem before me. I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings ; and of the provinces I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts ; so I was great and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem.
Página 601 - And the man of God said, Where fell it ? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.