The Saturday Magazine, Volume 12J. W. Parker, 1838 - Periodicals |
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... brought down the tower in which they were hung , One of these bells is twelve feet in height , and seven in diameter : it is computed to weigh as much as two tons and a half . These bells were cast about three hundred years ago : they ...
... brought down the tower in which they were hung , One of these bells is twelve feet in height , and seven in diameter : it is computed to weigh as much as two tons and a half . These bells were cast about three hundred years ago : they ...
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... brought into Egypt by one of their mercantile cara- vans , yet they were always viewed with jealousy and suspicion . When the brethren of Joseph , therefore , came down to Egypt for the purchase of corn , it was by no means an ...
... brought into Egypt by one of their mercantile cara- vans , yet they were always viewed with jealousy and suspicion . When the brethren of Joseph , therefore , came down to Egypt for the purchase of corn , it was by no means an ...
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... brought into close contact , is still exem- plified on the north - eastern frontiers of Persia . No- thing can exceed the mutual contempt and rancorous hatred between the Turcomans and Tartars , who lead a nomadic life in the steppes ...
... brought into close contact , is still exem- plified on the north - eastern frontiers of Persia . No- thing can exceed the mutual contempt and rancorous hatred between the Turcomans and Tartars , who lead a nomadic life in the steppes ...
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... brought Jacob's body over the river Jordan , they made a halt for seven days to indulge their sorrow , " and when the inhabitants of the land , the Canaanites , saw the mourning in the floor of Atad , they said , This is a grievous ...
... brought Jacob's body over the river Jordan , they made a halt for seven days to indulge their sorrow , " and when the inhabitants of the land , the Canaanites , saw the mourning in the floor of Atad , they said , This is a grievous ...
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... brought to market they undergo another process , with the two - fold object of giving them an uniform yellow colour , and to make them split more easily . They are dipped into diluted aquafortis or nitric acid , which has the effect ...
... brought to market they undergo another process , with the two - fold object of giving them an uniform yellow colour , and to make them split more easily . They are dipped into diluted aquafortis or nitric acid , which has the effect ...
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Page 141 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The desert and illimitable air, — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere ; Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near...
Page 179 - But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea : and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Page 157 - O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings...
Page 30 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 107 - And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded ; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants ; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
Page 106 - And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded : and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
Page 179 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
Page 227 - And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
Page 58 - Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
Page 178 - And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness...