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... brought down , we would not form a very high idea of its knowing faculties . Yet it is not without certain instincts of a very high order , notwithstanding its moderate supply of brain and great deficiency of causality ! The male bird ...
... brought down , we would not form a very high idea of its knowing faculties . Yet it is not without certain instincts of a very high order , notwithstanding its moderate supply of brain and great deficiency of causality ! The male bird ...
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... brought before the universe this thought embodied in action , in the full pro- vision for sinful man being delivered from guilt and admitted to everlasting glory , tells of exceeding riches of grace . And that , ever since that day when ...
... brought before the universe this thought embodied in action , in the full pro- vision for sinful man being delivered from guilt and admitted to everlasting glory , tells of exceeding riches of grace . And that , ever since that day when ...
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... brought out , even before the Old Testament Church , in the eternity and excellency of absolute God- head , and also in the perfect sympathy of unfallen , sinless manhood , comes near to the fallen , the sinful , the lost , and says ...
... brought out , even before the Old Testament Church , in the eternity and excellency of absolute God- head , and also in the perfect sympathy of unfallen , sinless manhood , comes near to the fallen , the sinful , the lost , and says ...
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... brought in , I will tell you all about it . " Before going to Italy , I paid a visit to our aunt , and , as her house was not far from the castle , I got acquainted with Sir William's sons . They were fond of sketching , and we soon got ...
... brought in , I will tell you all about it . " Before going to Italy , I paid a visit to our aunt , and , as her house was not far from the castle , I got acquainted with Sir William's sons . They were fond of sketching , and we soon got ...
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... brought in , and we had been enjoying one of those familiar twilight conversations , which were of frequent occurrence before death had made so many inroads on our beloved home - circle as it has since done . Uncle Fred's chair was ...
... brought in , and we had been enjoying one of those familiar twilight conversations , which were of frequent occurrence before death had made so many inroads on our beloved home - circle as it has since done . Uncle Fred's chair was ...
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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.