Antediluvian Antiquities: Fragments of the Age of MethuselahMunroe and Francis, 1829 - 285 pages |
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... given , in some instan- ces at least , a modern turn to the true manner of expression . Lord BOLINGBROKE has translated from Boileau the best rule upon this subject , in his Letters on History . " A good writer will rather im- itate ...
... given , in some instan- ces at least , a modern turn to the true manner of expression . Lord BOLINGBROKE has translated from Boileau the best rule upon this subject , in his Letters on History . " A good writer will rather im- itate ...
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... given at the tent of Arzaph , bowed down with the heavy burden of eight hundred years , and covered with white hair which was blown about by the wind , as the feathers of the dove that is wounded by the arrows of Tubal , or as the down ...
... given at the tent of Arzaph , bowed down with the heavy burden of eight hundred years , and covered with white hair which was blown about by the wind , as the feathers of the dove that is wounded by the arrows of Tubal , or as the down ...
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... given to the worship of the Almighty . To him alone , of all the sons of the west , did the angel descend on the beam of morn , or amid the dew of night . His visions from above were frequent , for he was highly favoured of God . He ...
... given to the worship of the Almighty . To him alone , of all the sons of the west , did the angel descend on the beam of morn , or amid the dew of night . His visions from above were frequent , for he was highly favoured of God . He ...
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... given unto man , and he has given it to none other people than the people of the land of Zahab . And the women and children of the villages were gathered together ; and when they saw the gold , they were very glad , and they returned ...
... given unto man , and he has given it to none other people than the people of the land of Zahab . And the women and children of the villages were gathered together ; and when they saw the gold , they were very glad , and they returned ...
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... given instruments of brass and iron , and commanded them to guard the flocks and the herds , and the in- crease of the same , and to take a certain part of the young of the flocks and herds from all the children of the people , and add ...
... given instruments of brass and iron , and commanded them to guard the flocks and the herds , and the in- crease of the same , and to take a certain part of the young of the flocks and herds from all the children of the people , and add ...
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Page 186 - There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Page 145 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 170 - O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Page 121 - And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Page 189 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 134 - Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
Page 182 - What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation.
Page 251 - And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 217 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 171 - Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.