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... things for them ; and they liked his stories as well as his nuts , whistles , and gingerbread . For he had a pleasant way of telling them , and spoke out of his kind and sunny eyes as well as with his fatherly voice . But , then , he ...
... things for them ; and they liked his stories as well as his nuts , whistles , and gingerbread . For he had a pleasant way of telling them , and spoke out of his kind and sunny eyes as well as with his fatherly voice . But , then , he ...
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... thing I had ever heard from the old hobbling soldiers . Some of them used to brag in their way about what they did in some of the battles they were in ; how brave and daring they were . But what was all that to what young David did to ...
... thing I had ever heard from the old hobbling soldiers . Some of them used to brag in their way about what they did in some of the battles they were in ; how brave and daring they were . But what was all that to what young David did to ...
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... delights to get such letters from the young folks at home , and will always be glad to do any thing that will interest and instruct them most . THE DUTCH FARMER AND HIS HORSE . AN English East I 2 Fire - side Words .
... delights to get such letters from the young folks at home , and will always be glad to do any thing that will interest and instruct them most . THE DUTCH FARMER AND HIS HORSE . AN English East I 2 Fire - side Words .
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... thing floated from the shore . Human help there was none at first sight , but at the sharpest crisis of the agony a Dutch farmer gallopped down to the sea on an Arabian mare , that was like another life to him ; that had carried him ...
... thing floated from the shore . Human help there was none at first sight , but at the sharpest crisis of the agony a Dutch farmer gallopped down to the sea on an Arabian mare , that was like another life to him ; that had carried him ...
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... thing in the world to give ; and when seasoned with a happy voice and kindly eye , it is always and everywhere received with a relish as one of the most delicious condi- ments of the season . “ MERRY CHRISTMAS . " - There is no other ...
... thing in the world to give ; and when seasoned with a happy voice and kindly eye , it is always and everywhere received with a relish as one of the most delicious condi- ments of the season . “ MERRY CHRISTMAS . " - There is no other ...
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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.