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... doubts im- mediately arise as to the length of time that it has been done - the best works even of the Venetian school betray their age , but the colours here , which we are told were in existence two thousand years before the time of ...
... doubts im- mediately arise as to the length of time that it has been done - the best works even of the Venetian school betray their age , but the colours here , which we are told were in existence two thousand years before the time of ...
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... doubt was meant for the odd five days , as the twelve make three hundred and sixty . As this throws an ad- ditional light on the Egyptian mode of calculating the year , it is a matter of no small interest , and reflects the more credit ...
... doubt was meant for the odd five days , as the twelve make three hundred and sixty . As this throws an ad- ditional light on the Egyptian mode of calculating the year , it is a matter of no small interest , and reflects the more credit ...
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... doubt , that the mountains of Libanus were formerly clothed with far nobler specimens of this majestic tree than any which are at present to be seen there . But now , " Bashan languisheth , and Carmel , and the flower of Lebanon ...
... doubt , that the mountains of Libanus were formerly clothed with far nobler specimens of this majestic tree than any which are at present to be seen there . But now , " Bashan languisheth , and Carmel , and the flower of Lebanon ...
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... doubt that this now deserted country once presented a picture of fertility and prosperity . The Arabs reported to Volney , that , to the S.E. of the Lake Asphaltes , within three days ' journey , there were upwards of 300 ruined towns ...
... doubt that this now deserted country once presented a picture of fertility and prosperity . The Arabs reported to Volney , that , to the S.E. of the Lake Asphaltes , within three days ' journey , there were upwards of 300 ruined towns ...
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scription in the architrave of the principal door , leaves no doubt that this was another of the works of the Frank kings ' of Jerusalem . Shobek , with the great district surrounding it , is under the dominion of the shiekh Mahommed ...
scription in the architrave of the principal door , leaves no doubt that this was another of the works of the Frank kings ' of Jerusalem . Shobek , with the great district surrounding it , is under the dominion of the shiekh Mahommed ...
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Page 138 - Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance ; knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
Page 58 - I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day.
Page 284 - ... hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Page 511 - I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father but by me.
Page 376 - Thou fool ! that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be,, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain. But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Page 145 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him ; let him know that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 378 - There, with its waving blade of green, The sea-flag streams through the silent water, And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush, like a banner bathed in slaughter...
Page 225 - ... the earth, and the works that are therein, shall be burnt up...
Page 15 - I could reckon up only sixteen, and the latter are very numerous. I measured one of the largest, and found it twelve yards six inches in girth, and yet sound, and thirty-seven yards in the spread of its boughs. At about five or six yards from the ground it was divided into five limbs, each of which was equal to a great tree.
Page 336 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.