The American PreceptorO. Farnsworth & Company, 1825 |
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... masters to urge him in regard to his studies . 2. Hearing them one day speak of a famous cause that was to be pleaded , and which made a great noise in the city , he importuned them very much to carry him with them to the bar in order ...
... masters to urge him in regard to his studies . 2. Hearing them one day speak of a famous cause that was to be pleaded , and which made a great noise in the city , he importuned them very much to carry him with them to the bar in order ...
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... master . But by the wickedness of Potiphar's wife , he was cast into the prison , where the king's prisoners were bound . 8. Here also the Lord continued to shew him mercy , and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison ...
... master . But by the wickedness of Potiphar's wife , he was cast into the prison , where the king's prisoners were bound . 8. Here also the Lord continued to shew him mercy , and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison ...
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... masters and suffered so many sieges . We were not prepared , says a late celebrated traveller . for the gran- deur of the spectacle which the city alone exhibited . 15. Instead of a wretched and ruined town , by some de- scribed as the ...
... masters and suffered so many sieges . We were not prepared , says a late celebrated traveller . for the gran- deur of the spectacle which the city alone exhibited . 15. Instead of a wretched and ruined town , by some de- scribed as the ...
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... master . Having performed every office which sym- pathy dictated , or sagacity could invent , without being able to remove his master from the fatal spot , or procure from him any signs of life , or his wonted expressions of affection ...
... master . Having performed every office which sym- pathy dictated , or sagacity could invent , without being able to remove his master from the fatal spot , or procure from him any signs of life , or his wonted expressions of affection ...
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... master he had served ; but informed him that grief and misfortune had brought his wife to the grave thirty years before ; that his children were gone to distant climes , and that of all his relations and friends none now remained . 14 ...
... master he had served ; but informed him that grief and misfortune had brought his wife to the grave thirty years before ; that his children were gone to distant climes , and that of all his relations and friends none now remained . 14 ...
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Page 63 - Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision ; but shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Page 17 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt, Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 209 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts; I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him. For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on...
Page 209 - O, now you weep, and I perceive you feel The dint of pity; these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what! weep you when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Page 208 - But yesterday the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Page 134 - PITY the sorrows of a poor old man, Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door. Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span, Oh ! give relief and heaven will bless your store.
Page 171 - Rapt into future times, the Bard begun : A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's root behold a branch arise, Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies : The ^Ethereal spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic Dove.
Page 16 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 15 - Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Page 34 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it; I have killed many; I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace; but do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.