Excelsior: Helps to Progress in Religion, Science, and Literature, Volume 1James Nisbet and Company, Berners Street, 1854 |
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Page 100
... his home lay far above . His poet's crown lay near him Fused to a golden cup ; It would carry water for parched lips , So he thankfully took it up . THE THREE WAKINGS . He went in the strength of 100 THE THREE WAKINGS .
... his home lay far above . His poet's crown lay near him Fused to a golden cup ; It would carry water for parched lips , So he thankfully took it up . THE THREE WAKINGS . He went in the strength of 100 THE THREE WAKINGS .
Page 107
... carry him ; the Ass stood still where he was , saying , " I should only be made a laughing - stock : I have no fancy for such labour - in - vain . " When the Lion gets over the hill , behold ! there is an ass stand- ing beside the mill ...
... carry him ; the Ass stood still where he was , saying , " I should only be made a laughing - stock : I have no fancy for such labour - in - vain . " When the Lion gets over the hill , behold ! there is an ass stand- ing beside the mill ...
Page 113
... - stick ; a moment's examination of its contents with a pocket lens will determine whether the water is worth carrying home . If no moving particles are seen , another dip may be taken elsewhere ; should this likewise 1 Ι.
... - stick ; a moment's examination of its contents with a pocket lens will determine whether the water is worth carrying home . If no moving particles are seen , another dip may be taken elsewhere ; should this likewise 1 Ι.
Page 138
... ) , is brought down to the ground , and carried horizontally across the animal's path , when , as he * Khartoum and the Blue and White Niles , ii . p . 141 . A LARGE MOUTH . 139 never lifts his feet from 138 THE HIPPOPOTAMUS .
... ) , is brought down to the ground , and carried horizontally across the animal's path , when , as he * Khartoum and the Blue and White Niles , ii . p . 141 . A LARGE MOUTH . 139 never lifts his feet from 138 THE HIPPOPOTAMUS .
Page 146
... carried . But it was long before I acquired this power . — not fairly , indeed , till I was about five or six - and - thirty ; and it was gained by practice , in the course of which I learnt to perceive wherein I was deficient . " In In ...
... carried . But it was long before I acquired this power . — not fairly , indeed , till I was about five or six - and - thirty ; and it was gained by practice , in the course of which I learnt to perceive wherein I was deficient . " In In ...
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Page 392 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Page 81 - The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Page 414 - And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
Page 415 - When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick : 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Page 283 - All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
Page 268 - Jerusalem, my happy home, When shall I come to thee ? When shall my sorrows have an end, Thy joys when shall I see...
Page 323 - My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. * He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
Page 120 - The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 143 - He is the chief of the ways of God : he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
Page 204 - Seeing then that we have a great High-priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.