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... , in the year 1833 , by CROCKER & BREWSTER , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts . STEREOTYPED AT THE BOSTON TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY . PREFACE . THE following work is intended to present in.
... , in the year 1833 , by CROCKER & BREWSTER , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts . STEREOTYPED AT THE BOSTON TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY . PREFACE . THE following work is intended to present in.
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... present work , the Editor has aimed to give only the results of his pre- vious investigations ; and to present them in such a form as may be attractive and useful to the very large class of young persons and others , who may be supposed ...
... present work , the Editor has aimed to give only the results of his pre- vious investigations ; and to present them in such a form as may be attractive and useful to the very large class of young persons and others , who may be supposed ...
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... present Barrada , ( the cold , ) the Chrysorrhoas of the ancients , which rises in Antilib- anus , and flows through Damas- cus . Just above the city , it is divided into several artificial branches , which pass around the city on the ...
... present Barrada , ( the cold , ) the Chrysorrhoas of the ancients , which rises in Antilib- anus , and flows through Damas- cus . Just above the city , it is divided into several artificial branches , which pass around the city on the ...
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... present , and to be a testimony of her in- nocence in the eyes of all . Gen. c . 20 . II . ABIMELECH , another king of Gerar , probably son of the former , and contemporary with Isaac . He rebuked Isaac for dissimulation in regard to Re ...
... present , and to be a testimony of her in- nocence in the eyes of all . Gen. c . 20 . II . ABIMELECH , another king of Gerar , probably son of the former , and contemporary with Isaac . He rebuked Isaac for dissimulation in regard to Re ...
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... present population is estimated at from 18,000 to 20,000 . ACHAIA , taken in its largest sense , comprehended the whole region of Greece , or Hellas , now called Livadia . Acts 19:21 . comp . 20 : 2 . Achaia Proper , however , was a ...
... present population is estimated at from 18,000 to 20,000 . ACHAIA , taken in its largest sense , comprehended the whole region of Greece , or Hellas , now called Livadia . Acts 19:21 . comp . 20 : 2 . Achaia Proper , however , was a ...
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Page 83 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Page 343 - And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.
Page 106 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Page 304 - The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come ; And unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 200 - All the persons employed now lighted their lamps, and ran with them in their hands, to fill up their stations in the procession. Some of them had lost their lights, and were unprepared; but it was then too late to seek them, and the cavalcade moved forward to the house of the bride, at which place u from the Ruins of E hesus.
Page 86 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 102 - But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
Page 106 - As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger.
Page 193 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God...
Page 191 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.