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... head , their short tongue , their flat belly , their dark colour , their want of a sting , and their loud buzzing noise when flying . At the end of the season the common bees ban'ish them from the hive ; being thus driven out , they be ...
... head , their short tongue , their flat belly , their dark colour , their want of a sting , and their loud buzzing noise when flying . At the end of the season the common bees ban'ish them from the hive ; being thus driven out , they be ...
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... head . And if she happen to die , they grow quite dull , will no longer work , and soon become ex - tinct ' , unless a new queen is got , and put in among them . Bee hives are very often made of straw ; and in that case they are of a ...
... head . And if she happen to die , they grow quite dull , will no longer work , and soon become ex - tinct ' , unless a new queen is got , and put in among them . Bee hives are very often made of straw ; and in that case they are of a ...
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... heads , and mount'ed so high up in the air , that at last we could not see where she was . We saw a hare start up very near us , and limp away through the green corn to hide itself in the wood . The crows left their roosts , and flew to ...
... heads , and mount'ed so high up in the air , that at last we could not see where she was . We saw a hare start up very near us , and limp away through the green corn to hide itself in the wood . The crows left their roosts , and flew to ...
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... head , and honour the face of the old man , and fear thy God . - Thou shalt not re - vile ' the judges , nor curse the ruler of thy people . Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart ; thou shalt not a - venge ' nor bear any grudge ...
... head , and honour the face of the old man , and fear thy God . - Thou shalt not re - vile ' the judges , nor curse the ruler of thy people . Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart ; thou shalt not a - venge ' nor bear any grudge ...
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... head and went back . The linnet had perched on a tree . He looked at Fanny , he sung to Fanny ; but all her coax'ing and her tears , could not bring him back to her and his cage . At last , when she tried to climb up the tree to catch ...
... head and went back . The linnet had perched on a tree . He looked at Fanny , he sung to Fanny ; but all her coax'ing and her tears , could not bring him back to her and his cage . At last , when she tried to climb up the tree to catch ...
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Page 29 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...
Page 118 - And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind ; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, thou hast answered right : this do, and thou shalt live.
Page 156 - Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty: 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 112 - And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead ; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead : therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
Page 29 - If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them...
Page 106 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 158 - I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.
Page 100 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Page 157 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
Page 157 - Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.