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... force of the truths presented gains from the grace and attractiveness of the literary style . " UNION SEMINARY REVIEW , Richmond : " The book would be of decided value to preachers , both as furnishing a good supply of fresh and usable ...
... force of the truths presented gains from the grace and attractiveness of the literary style . " UNION SEMINARY REVIEW , Richmond : " The book would be of decided value to preachers , both as furnishing a good supply of fresh and usable ...
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... forces , who had grown increasingly confident and even arrogantly boastful , and who almost in sight of their great goal could not understand why in four days , September 6-9 , they were rolled unceremoniously back [ 2 ] A CRUISE TO THE ...
... forces , who had grown increasingly confident and even arrogantly boastful , and who almost in sight of their great goal could not understand why in four days , September 6-9 , they were rolled unceremoniously back [ 2 ] A CRUISE TO THE ...
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... forces were in close grips , and the very last line of defense was being assaulted by the proud Prussian Guard , but , to use the opprobrious title of the foe , the old . " Contemptibles " at last won , and turned back the onrushing ...
... forces were in close grips , and the very last line of defense was being assaulted by the proud Prussian Guard , but , to use the opprobrious title of the foe , the old . " Contemptibles " at last won , and turned back the onrushing ...
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... force . in destroying what could not be seen but could be heard , and they were being produced in quantities , at New London and Brooklyn , when the need for them ceased . Perhaps the most unique feature of this special type of warfare ...
... force . in destroying what could not be seen but could be heard , and they were being produced in quantities , at New London and Brooklyn , when the need for them ceased . Perhaps the most unique feature of this special type of warfare ...
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... forces could be and were massed for the supreme effort that was to be decisive in a complete rout of the armies struggling for freedom . The previous Autumn there had been a genuine scare when the Italians were so surprisingly doubled ...
... forces could be and were massed for the supreme effort that was to be decisive in a complete rout of the armies struggling for freedom . The previous Autumn there had been a genuine scare when the Italians were so surprisingly doubled ...
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Page 173 - AND thou hast walked about, (how strange a story!) In Thebes's streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And Time had not begun to overthrow Those temples, palaces, and piles stupendous, Of which the very ruins are tremendous.
Page 263 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure ; Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 280 - And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord ; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Page 197 - Lo ! in that house of misery A lady with a lamp I see Pass through the glimmering gloom, And flit from room to room. And slow, as in a dream of bliss, The speechless sufferer turns to kiss Her shadow, as it falls Upon the darkening walls.
Page 41 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; That opened not the house of his prisoners?
Page 1 - We are living, we are dwelling In a grand and awful time; In an age on ages telling, To be living is sublime!
Page 163 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them...
Page 261 - Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Page 254 - E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to Thee. 2 Though like the wanderer, The sun gone down, Darkness be over me, My rest a stone; Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to Thee.
Page 279 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.