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... become wings , and they themselves , in pride , soar aloft as birds ? That ashy - coloured guard is none other than the common heron , le Héron Huppé , the tufted heron of Buffon . Exalted on a stone , in the middle of the stream , he ...
... become wings , and they themselves , in pride , soar aloft as birds ? That ashy - coloured guard is none other than the common heron , le Héron Huppé , the tufted heron of Buffon . Exalted on a stone , in the middle of the stream , he ...
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... become harder than it ; but though , as to the earth , money answereth all things , you cannot hold it firmly in the grasp of death , and take it with you to the wondrous world which lies forward on the other side of death . judgment ...
... become harder than it ; but though , as to the earth , money answereth all things , you cannot hold it firmly in the grasp of death , and take it with you to the wondrous world which lies forward on the other side of death . judgment ...
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... become ours as the fruit of industry , work , honest toil , either with head or hands , they come with a blessing in them . And coming thus , the religion of Jesus will welcome them . It is not money , but the DURABLE RICHES . 11.
... become ours as the fruit of industry , work , honest toil , either with head or hands , they come with a blessing in them . And coming thus , the religion of Jesus will welcome them . It is not money , but the DURABLE RICHES . 11.
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... become powerful and ambitious of conquest in that direction till the sins of Israel drew down divine judgments upon them . To resume the recovered outline of Assyrian history . Almost immediately after the overthrow of Babylonia by the ...
... become powerful and ambitious of conquest in that direction till the sins of Israel drew down divine judgments upon them . To resume the recovered outline of Assyrian history . Almost immediately after the overthrow of Babylonia by the ...
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... become yet more , not only a handmaid in the useful arts , but also the means by which copies of those " things of beauty , " which meet us everywhere in the outward world , will be multiplied , and so cheapened , as to bring them ...
... become yet more , not only a handmaid in the useful arts , but also the means by which copies of those " things of beauty , " which meet us everywhere in the outward world , will be multiplied , and so cheapened , as to bring them ...
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Page 288 - Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, and cast him out of the city, and stoned him; and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Page 276 - Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Page 286 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come ; that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
Page 287 - But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God...
Page 75 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ? Nevertheless we.
Page 287 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 215 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Page 78 - The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, From the beginning, or ever the earth was.
Page 246 - Live you? or are you aught That man may question? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so.
Page 240 - ... effect. At length the little squadron came to the place of peril. Then the Mountjoy took the lead, and went right at the boom. The huge barricade cracked and gave way : but the shock was such that the Mountjoy rebounded and stuck in the mud. A yell of triumph rose from the banks : the Irish rushed to their boats, and were preparing to board ; but the Dartmouth poured on them a well-directed broadside, which threw them into disorder.