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... river overflowed its banks in the spring time , they were driven to the hills , where they often com- mitted great ravages ( Jer . xlix . 19 ) . They also occupied the plains of Tabor ( 1 Kings xx . 36 ) , and were found in the fields ...
... river overflowed its banks in the spring time , they were driven to the hills , where they often com- mitted great ravages ( Jer . xlix . 19 ) . They also occupied the plains of Tabor ( 1 Kings xx . 36 ) , and were found in the fields ...
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... river Ohio runs through it . The soil is amazingly fertile , the air is more temperate than in many other States in America , and the country in general is well - timbered , and remarkably free from marshes and swamps . In this State ...
... river Ohio runs through it . The soil is amazingly fertile , the air is more temperate than in many other States in America , and the country in general is well - timbered , and remarkably free from marshes and swamps . In this State ...
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... rivers flow , and seas enter , and lakes discharge their superfluous waters ; and these , inter- mingling with gases and sometimes with in- ternal fires , generate convulsions . We know not how deep they descend nor how far they flow ...
... rivers flow , and seas enter , and lakes discharge their superfluous waters ; and these , inter- mingling with gases and sometimes with in- ternal fires , generate convulsions . We know not how deep they descend nor how far they flow ...
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... river could cure him , why could he not bathe at Damascus ? were not the waters there better than any in Israel ? At last he was persuaded by his more prudent friends and companions to try the effect of the waters of the Jordan ; he ...
... river could cure him , why could he not bathe at Damascus ? were not the waters there better than any in Israel ? At last he was persuaded by his more prudent friends and companions to try the effect of the waters of the Jordan ; he ...
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... river flowing through it . On either side there are rocky walls , rising up almost per- pendicularly to the height ... rivers of considerable magnitude rushing with tremendous roar through the gorges of the mountain , or leap- ing right ...
... river flowing through it . On either side there are rocky walls , rising up almost per- pendicularly to the height ... rivers of considerable magnitude rushing with tremendous roar through the gorges of the mountain , or leap- ing right ...
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Page 130 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: and I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 135 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits
Page 153 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 114 - The heavens declare the glory of God ; and the firmament showeth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 181 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 18 - What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned ? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
Page 113 - And God made two great lights ; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night : he made the stars also.
Page 2 - But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
Page 10 - Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today.
Page 74 - And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand...