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... observe that the pedes- tal did not rest upon the sand ; for on dig- ging this away , so as to get beneath the pedestal , he found , to his surprise , that the whole of this immense pile , consisting of three parts , pedestal , shaft ...
... observe that the pedes- tal did not rest upon the sand ; for on dig- ging this away , so as to get beneath the pedestal , he found , to his surprise , that the whole of this immense pile , consisting of three parts , pedestal , shaft ...
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... observed . Its own notes are rich and melodious , and it imitates those of other birds with admirable tact and execution ; these powers of melody are the more remarkable . as connected with its size and rasorial habits , for the voice ...
... observed . Its own notes are rich and melodious , and it imitates those of other birds with admirable tact and execution ; these powers of melody are the more remarkable . as connected with its size and rasorial habits , for the voice ...
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... observed , how- ever , that the present Arabic character , which is called Neskhi , did not come into general use until long after its invention , and even now the inhabitants of Africa pro- per make use of a style of writing nearer ...
... observed , how- ever , that the present Arabic character , which is called Neskhi , did not come into general use until long after its invention , and even now the inhabitants of Africa pro- per make use of a style of writing nearer ...
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... observed that some tons of sand , apparently of no use , were stowed in the bottom of the vessel , and all agreed that it must be the sand which impeded their progress . They set to work immediately , and in a short time the sand was ...
... observed that some tons of sand , apparently of no use , were stowed in the bottom of the vessel , and all agreed that it must be the sand which impeded their progress . They set to work immediately , and in a short time the sand was ...
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... observed , — .... Pride hath no other glass To show itself but pride ; otherwise the mirror of reason and common sense , no less than the mirror of revelation , could hardly fail of exposing its folly and deformity . A TREASURE ...
... observed , — .... Pride hath no other glass To show itself but pride ; otherwise the mirror of reason and common sense , no less than the mirror of revelation , could hardly fail of exposing its folly and deformity . A TREASURE ...
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Popular passages
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.