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... age . One of their fellow - members had died the week before , and a coloured brother on the platform was " improving the occasion . " He had gradually brought the congregation to a certain level of emotion by his simple and pathetic ...
... age . One of their fellow - members had died the week before , and a coloured brother on the platform was " improving the occasion . " He had gradually brought the congregation to a certain level of emotion by his simple and pathetic ...
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... age . There is the cry of tender and manly distress which Esau uttered at the knees of his old blind father , when he lifted up his voice and wept , and said , in broken articulation , " Bless me also , O my father ! " All the ...
... age . There is the cry of tender and manly distress which Esau uttered at the knees of his old blind father , when he lifted up his voice and wept , and said , in broken articulation , " Bless me also , O my father ! " All the ...
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... ages and conditions ; uttered by mitred bishops in grand cathedrals , and lisped by poor men's children , with closed eyes , in cots of straw at night . The feet of forty generations , as it were , have passed over them , until , to ...
... ages and conditions ; uttered by mitred bishops in grand cathedrals , and lisped by poor men's children , with closed eyes , in cots of straw at night . The feet of forty generations , as it were , have passed over them , until , to ...
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... age have read it more . And as none of the older folks at home are likely to look over Old Burchell's shoulders to see what he takes out of his pocket for the children , or what kind of talks he makes to them , he will venture to tell ...
... age have read it more . And as none of the older folks at home are likely to look over Old Burchell's shoulders to see what he takes out of his pocket for the children , or what kind of talks he makes to them , he will venture to tell ...
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... age that consecrated the first day of the New Year to this universal wishing well to others . It has been made by this ... ages of music , like the harp - voices of a thousand years melting into each other , and making the very spaces of ...
... age that consecrated the first day of the New Year to this universal wishing well to others . It has been made by this ... ages of music , like the harp - voices of a thousand years melting into each other , and making the very spaces of ...
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ages Basque beautiful Bible blessing breathe brother byli Celtic languages centuries Christendom Clent Hills common crowned Crystal Palace darkness disposition doubtless dream earth ELIHU BURRITT England English English language Esau Esau's eyes face faith father fear feeling FIRE-SIDE WORDS genius give Gray's Inn Road HALL COURT hand heard heart heaven honour hope human hundred Icelandic ikusten izan Jacob Jesus jörd Joseph kings Laban labour land language Latin listening living look Lord Lutterworth mind mother Mount Seir nations never night OLD BURCHELL'S POCKET peace perhaps Pharaoh prayer Printed by W. M. Rachel readers Richard Penderell sentiment Shechem sight SIMPKIN sing songs soul speech story sympathy thee thing thou thought thousand told tongue trembled unto venison verb voice vox populi W. M. Watts walk whole wicked wonder wrong young
Popular passages
Page 60 - And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Page 118 - Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age : and he made him a coat of many colours.
Page 158 - But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
Page 24 - Then when Mary was come where JESUS was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, LORD, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
Page 59 - And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man : abide with me.
Page 46 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 104 - And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites : and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me ; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
Page 27 - And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him; "My son:" and he said unto him, "Behold, here am I." And he said: "Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; and make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I...
Page 93 - And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
Page 159 - And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.