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... supply interesting and valuable reading to a large number of the people , who can only spare time enough for the perusal of a small volume , and whose means will not allow of a more costly purchase . 1. THE LIFE OF JULIUS CÆSAR . 2 ...
... supply interesting and valuable reading to a large number of the people , who can only spare time enough for the perusal of a small volume , and whose means will not allow of a more costly purchase . 1. THE LIFE OF JULIUS CÆSAR . 2 ...
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... supply this deficiency that the present effort is made . The pens of several esteemed writers have been secured for this series . In works of History , the object will be carefully to exclude those details which are objectionable , and ...
... supply this deficiency that the present effort is made . The pens of several esteemed writers have been secured for this series . In works of History , the object will be carefully to exclude those details which are objectionable , and ...
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... supply his raging hunger . Like his fellow - sufferers , he was exposed to the cutting night - wind , the raging storm , the fierce noontide heat ; he was infested , too , with ver- min , and his fetters ate into his flesh . Yet he ...
... supply his raging hunger . Like his fellow - sufferers , he was exposed to the cutting night - wind , the raging storm , the fierce noontide heat ; he was infested , too , with ver- min , and his fetters ate into his flesh . Yet he ...
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... supply my place if I had not accepted or had resigned it . He was imprisoned in the Luxembourg with me , was taken to the tribunal and to the guillotine ; and I , his principal , was left . " There were but two foreigners in the con ...
... supply my place if I had not accepted or had resigned it . He was imprisoned in the Luxembourg with me , was taken to the tribunal and to the guillotine ; and I , his principal , was left . " There were but two foreigners in the con ...
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... supply came scarcely less marvellous and abundant than that of the quails in the wilderness . The most extra- ordinary quantities of fish which had ever been known within the memory of man poured into the harbour . At low water , the ...
... supply came scarcely less marvellous and abundant than that of the quails in the wilderness . The most extra- ordinary quantities of fish which had ever been known within the memory of man poured into the harbour . At low water , the ...
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Strona 189 - Oh blameless Bethel! to relieve thy breast? When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease, if you go by? Or some old temple, nodding to its fall, For Chartres' head reserve the hanging wall?
Strona 157 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Strona 25 - Besides, another time, being in the field with one of my companions, it chanced that an adder passed over the highway ; so I, having a stick in...
Strona 75 - For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
Strona 189 - Eternal Cause Prone for his favourites to reverse his laws? Shall burning .ZEtna, if a sage requires, Forget to thunder, and recall her fires ? On air or sea new motions be impress'd, O blameless Bethel! to relieve thy breast? When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease, if you go by? Or some old temple, nodding to its fall, For Chartres...
Strona 75 - Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his mercy ; To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Strona 74 - ... proper word, that the mark was put on when the door was open and flat against the wall, and thereby came on the inside when we shut it at night, and the destroying angel passed by it...
Strona 72 - There were but two foreigners in the convention, Anacharsis Cloots and myself. We were both put out of the convention by the same vote, arrested by the same order, and carried to. prison together the same night. He was taken to the guillotine, and I was again left. Joel Barlow was with us when we went to prison. Joseph...
Strona 153 - A clergyman had come to this city from a short distance in the country, and was sleeping at an inn, when he dreamed of seeing a fire, and one of his children in the midst of it. He awoke with the impression, and instantly left town on his return home. When he arrived within sight of his house, he found it on fire, and got there in time to assist in saving one of his children who, in the alarm and confusion, had been left in a situation of danger.
Strona 26 - I, with others, were drawn out to go to such a place to besiege it ; but when I was just ready to go, one of the company desired to go in my room : to which, when I had consented, he took my place; and coming to the siege, as he stood sentinel, he was shot in the head with a musket bullet, and died. Here, as I said, were judgments and mercy, but neither of them did awaken my soul to righteousness ; wherefore I sinned still, and grew more and more rebellious against God, and careless of my own salvation.