The Saturday Magazine, Volume 12J. W. Parker, 1838 - Periodicals |
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... mountains . Other divisions gathered round the town , cutting fosses and throwing up embankments , to the no small embarrassment of the German commander . Unap- palled by these preparations and the strength of their Philip William , of ...
... mountains . Other divisions gathered round the town , cutting fosses and throwing up embankments , to the no small embarrassment of the German commander . Unap- palled by these preparations and the strength of their Philip William , of ...
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... mountains , were not valued for ordinary use , being too cumbrous and unmanageable , Merchant - vessels having to pass from one country to another , were chiefly governed by sails , as mere transports were towed along the banks of ...
... mountains , were not valued for ordinary use , being too cumbrous and unmanageable , Merchant - vessels having to pass from one country to another , were chiefly governed by sails , as mere transports were towed along the banks of ...
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... mountains had been seen forty days , yet when Noah sent forth the dove the first time , it returned , finding " no rest for the sole of her foot ; " and it was not until seven more days had passed that the waters had retired from the ...
... mountains had been seen forty days , yet when Noah sent forth the dove the first time , it returned , finding " no rest for the sole of her foot ; " and it was not until seven more days had passed that the waters had retired from the ...
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... mountains as soon as they saw Jerusalem encompassed by an army . It is , therefore , likely that several may have been led by this additional evidence to embrace the Christian faith . But of this we have no records ; as the book of Acts ...
... mountains as soon as they saw Jerusalem encompassed by an army . It is , therefore , likely that several may have been led by this additional evidence to embrace the Christian faith . But of this we have no records ; as the book of Acts ...
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... mountain - ash accompany us to the head of the Gulf of Bothnia ; and as we leave this , and traverse the Dophrian rauge , we pass in succession the boundary lines of the spruce - fir , the Scotch - fir , and those minute shrubs which ...
... mountain - ash accompany us to the head of the Gulf of Bothnia ; and as we leave this , and traverse the Dophrian rauge , we pass in succession the boundary lines of the spruce - fir , the Scotch - fir , and those minute shrubs which ...
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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...