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Page 34
... once more grand and more barren . By little and little the scanty vegetation languishes and dies ; even mosses disappear , and a red burning hue succeeds to the whiteness of the rocks . In the centre of this amphitheatre there is an ...
... once more grand and more barren . By little and little the scanty vegetation languishes and dies ; even mosses disappear , and a red burning hue succeeds to the whiteness of the rocks . In the centre of this amphitheatre there is an ...
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... once a fertile valley , partly resting on a mass of subterra- nean water , and partly composed of a stratum of bitumen ; and that , a fire from Heaven kindling these combustible materials , the rich soil sunk into the abyss beneath ...
... once a fertile valley , partly resting on a mass of subterra- nean water , and partly composed of a stratum of bitumen ; and that , a fire from Heaven kindling these combustible materials , the rich soil sunk into the abyss beneath ...
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... once strikingly illustrated and confirmed by the conduct of the Senate or Heads of Tribes , in the melancholy war undertaken by them against the children of Benjamin . Upon a muster of the confederated army at Mizpeh , it was discovered ...
... once strikingly illustrated and confirmed by the conduct of the Senate or Heads of Tribes , in the melancholy war undertaken by them against the children of Benjamin . Upon a muster of the confederated army at Mizpeh , it was discovered ...
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... once the power and the reputation of his countrymen among the neigh- bouring nations , the annual occupation of sheep- shearing called his sons and his daughters into the hill - country , to take their share in its toils and amuse ...
... once the power and the reputation of his countrymen among the neigh- bouring nations , the annual occupation of sheep- shearing called his sons and his daughters into the hill - country , to take their share in its toils and amuse ...
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... once a school and a seat of justice . There the language , the tra- ditions , the history , and the laws of their nation , * Joshua xx . 7 , 8. Numbers xxxv . 6 , 15. Deut . xix . 4 , 10 . were the constant subjects of study , pursued ...
... once a school and a seat of justice . There the language , the tra- ditions , the history , and the laws of their nation , * Joshua xx . 7 , 8. Numbers xxxv . 6 , 15. Deut . xix . 4 , 10 . were the constant subjects of study , pursued ...
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Page 127 - Hast thou not known ? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
Page 315 - And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Page 110 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 85 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Page 90 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Page 416 - ... a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and...
Page 125 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 203 - Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos...
Page 90 - She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: Among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: All her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
Page 142 - Ye shall dwell in booths seven days ; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God.