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... king was without power ' , and the nobles , with- out principle ' . They were tyrants at home ' , and robbers abroad ' . 28. Negation and affirmation . Examples : He desired not to injure ' his friend , but to protect ' him . We desire ...
... king was without power ' , and the nobles , with- out principle ' . They were tyrants at home ' , and robbers abroad ' . 28. Negation and affirmation . Examples : He desired not to injure ' his friend , but to protect ' him . We desire ...
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... King Henry exclaims , while vainly endeavoring to compose himself to rest , How many thousands of my subjects are at this hour asleep . Here the emphatic words thousands , subjects , and asleep , are contrasted in idea with their ...
... King Henry exclaims , while vainly endeavoring to compose himself to rest , How many thousands of my subjects are at this hour asleep . Here the emphatic words thousands , subjects , and asleep , are contrasted in idea with their ...
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... King's Bench , before the assizes began at Chelmsford . When within a short distance of the place , he dismissed his man and horses , and sought a single house . He found one occupied by a miller . After some conversation ' , and making ...
... King's Bench , before the assizes began at Chelmsford . When within a short distance of the place , he dismissed his man and horses , and sought a single house . He found one occupied by a miller . After some conversation ' , and making ...
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... King's Bench . I have observed the iniquity of your proceedings this day ; therefore , come down from a seat which you are nowise worthy to hold . You are one of the cor- rupt parties in this iniquitous business . I will come up this ...
... King's Bench . I have observed the iniquity of your proceedings this day ; therefore , come down from a seat which you are nowise worthy to hold . You are one of the cor- rupt parties in this iniquitous business . I will come up this ...
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... king or 5. Def - i - cit , n . a deficiency . want . 6. De - fault ' - er . n . one who fails to ac- count for public money intrusted to his care 9 Ex - per - i - ment ' - al , a . derived from expe- rience . In - junc ' - tion , n . a ...
... king or 5. Def - i - cit , n . a deficiency . want . 6. De - fault ' - er . n . one who fails to ac- count for public money intrusted to his care 9 Ex - per - i - ment ' - al , a . derived from expe- rience . In - junc ' - tion , n . a ...
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Page 183 - Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
Page 183 - And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world; that they which see not might see, and that they which see might be made blind.
Page 180 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men.
Page 181 - Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents : but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
Page 331 - And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Page 241 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 182 - These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
Page 175 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Page 287 - tis said, when all were fired, Filled with fury, rapt, inspired, From the supporting myrtles round They snatched her instruments of sound, And, as they oft had heard apart Sweet lessons of her forceful art, Each, for Madness ruled the hour, Would prove his own expressive power.
Page 246 - The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. 13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.