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... Mountain of Tarif , of which Arabic name Gibraltar is a corruption . Soon after establishing themselves here , the Moors erected a lofty and extensive castle on the north side of the mountain , the ruins of which still re- main ...
... Mountain of Tarif , of which Arabic name Gibraltar is a corruption . Soon after establishing themselves here , the Moors erected a lofty and extensive castle on the north side of the mountain , the ruins of which still re- main ...
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... mountain pheasant ; ' as to its general manners , very litle has come to our knowledge . It will occasionally perch on trees , but for the most part is found on the ground , having the man- ners of our poultry , as is manifest from ...
... mountain pheasant ; ' as to its general manners , very litle has come to our knowledge . It will occasionally perch on trees , but for the most part is found on the ground , having the man- ners of our poultry , as is manifest from ...
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... mountain chains of Europe , as well as of Asia and Africa , it is the terror of the flocks which graze on the declivities , or among the intersecting vales . Its ha- bitual prey is the chamois , the wild goat , the Alpine hare , and ...
... mountain chains of Europe , as well as of Asia and Africa , it is the terror of the flocks which graze on the declivities , or among the intersecting vales . Its ha- bitual prey is the chamois , the wild goat , the Alpine hare , and ...
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... mountains of Kesrouan . * Fig . VI . is equally cumbrous with the long horn of Lebanon , perhaps more so , for I saw ... mountain vigour relying , Breasting the dark storm , the red bolt defying ; His wing on the wind , and his eye on ...
... mountains of Kesrouan . * Fig . VI . is equally cumbrous with the long horn of Lebanon , perhaps more so , for I saw ... mountain vigour relying , Breasting the dark storm , the red bolt defying ; His wing on the wind , and his eye on ...
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... mountains called Nebrodes , from a branch of which stretching south , opposite the eastern shore , towers the lofty Etna . Other branches of the same chain in the interior bear the name of Hebræi ; of these the highest peak rises 3624 ...
... mountains called Nebrodes , from a branch of which stretching south , opposite the eastern shore , towers the lofty Etna . Other branches of the same chain in the interior bear the name of Hebræi ; of these the highest peak rises 3624 ...
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Page 79 - And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Page 212 - Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) 2.
Page 164 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low : And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 168 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom : a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Page 260 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 48 - Like to the falling of a star; Or as the flights of eagles are; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue; Or silver drops of morning dew; Or like a wind that chafes the flood; Or bubbles which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and paid to night. The wind blows out; the bubble dies; The spring entombed in autumn lies; The dew dries up; the star is shot; The flight is past; and man forgot.
Page 39 - The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Page 240 - Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, — Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore.
Page 87 - And when it was day, they knew not the land : but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
Page 130 - ROCK of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee ! Let the water and the blood, From Thy riven side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Cleanse me from its guilt and power.