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... means of a sort of incantation , of causing the plunderers to abandon their spoils ; of which the following amusing account is given by Brand , who visited the Orkneys towards the end of the seventeenth century : - " There are , " says ...
... means of a sort of incantation , of causing the plunderers to abandon their spoils ; of which the following amusing account is given by Brand , who visited the Orkneys towards the end of the seventeenth century : - " There are , " says ...
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... mean solar days , the quotient is the mean daily angular motion : this quotient , multiplied by the time elapsed since the planet was last in perihelion , produces the mean anomaly . The value of this quantity for each planet , on the ...
... mean solar days , the quotient is the mean daily angular motion : this quotient , multiplied by the time elapsed since the planet was last in perihelion , produces the mean anomaly . The value of this quantity for each planet , on the ...
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... means and facilities for greater usefulness . In its application to academical or collegiate studies , it ought to be considered not so much an end , as a means to be employed for the accomplishment of a purpose higher than itself ...
... means and facilities for greater usefulness . In its application to academical or collegiate studies , it ought to be considered not so much an end , as a means to be employed for the accomplishment of a purpose higher than itself ...
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... means of accelerating the march of improvement , and of mitigating the woes of our race , it should not be disappointed in this expectation . A brilliant light now quenched in death , but one whose example and words will live for many ...
... means of accelerating the march of improvement , and of mitigating the woes of our race , it should not be disappointed in this expectation . A brilliant light now quenched in death , but one whose example and words will live for many ...
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... means of obtaining a liberal education . In many instances , great sacrifices have been made to establish seminaries or schools , the want of which these worthy persons had themselves deplored . Many a youth is main- tained during his ...
... means of obtaining a liberal education . In many instances , great sacrifices have been made to establish seminaries or schools , the want of which these worthy persons had themselves deplored . Many a youth is main- tained during his ...
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Page 219 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 16 - And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day...
Page 130 - But what saith the answer of God unto him ? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Page 217 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Page 463 - Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 450 - And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: but this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Page 450 - Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. For such an High Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens ; who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's : for this He did once, when He offered up Himself.
Page 523 - Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Page 463 - Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil 1 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
Page 217 - I shall detain you now no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hillside, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prosjxx-t, and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.