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Page 344 - ordered the cripple who sat begging at the beautiful gate of the temple to look on them, he looked at them very earnestly, expecting to receive something from them. Then Peter said, " Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have, give I thee : In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, arise and
Page 281 - heard in oar land, the fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape perfume the air." The passage is not more remarkable for the liveliness than for the elegance of the picture it exhibits. The examples are all taken from whatever can contribute to regale
Page 126 - in our version, there is something which to me has a contradictory appearance. He came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. There is not a vestige of this inconsistency in the original, which says simply,
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Page 238 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, From harmony to harmony, Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man."* This universal frame began: In general it may be said, that in writings of this
Page 335 - Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house upon a rock; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not; for it was founded upon a rock.
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