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... side of the island ; the surge , which constantly beats on the other sides , rendering an approach difficult and dangerous . So beautiful and regular are these caves , that they appear to have been built up by the hand of man ; the ...
... side of the island ; the surge , which constantly beats on the other sides , rendering an approach difficult and dangerous . So beautiful and regular are these caves , that they appear to have been built up by the hand of man ; the ...
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... side , and drawn through by the re- volving rollers ; but the seeds , being too large to pass through the opening , are torn off , and fall down on the op- posite side from the cotton . By this method , one workman is able to sepa- rate ...
... side , and drawn through by the re- volving rollers ; but the seeds , being too large to pass through the opening , are torn off , and fall down on the op- posite side from the cotton . By this method , one workman is able to sepa- rate ...
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... Antiochus Epiphanes rofaned the holy city by placing the image of Jupiter in it 1 the independence of 66 The Maccabees , who scued it from the heat Romans an opp their V " side of a high and long ridge ,. THE HOME FRIEND. ...
... Antiochus Epiphanes rofaned the holy city by placing the image of Jupiter in it 1 the independence of 66 The Maccabees , who scued it from the heat Romans an opp their V " side of a high and long ridge ,. THE HOME FRIEND. ...
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... side of the river Clyde , discovered that water of a very superior quality might be procured from a kind of natural filter on the other side , if they could overcome the difficulty of laying a main from their pumps across the bed of the ...
... side of the river Clyde , discovered that water of a very superior quality might be procured from a kind of natural filter on the other side , if they could overcome the difficulty of laying a main from their pumps across the bed of the ...
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... side , was two hundred feet wide , the half of which was opposed to the current of the waves , so as to keep off those waves which were to break upon them .. the other half had upon it a wall with several towers , the largest of which ...
... side , was two hundred feet wide , the half of which was opposed to the current of the waves , so as to keep off those waves which were to break upon them .. the other half had upon it a wall with several towers , the largest of which ...
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Page 264 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 236 - I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Page 178 - 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 2 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Page 134 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 2 - I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; that then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.
Page 95 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 291 - I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house. Also I had great possessions of great and small cattle, above all that were in Jerusalem before me. I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings ; and of the provinces I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts ; so I was great and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem.
Page 601 - And the man of God said, Where fell it ? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.