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... usage by our Saxon ancestors , who , pre- viously to their settling in this country , had adopted that phrase from a custom long in use among the northern nations , of drinking a fa- vourite beverage composed of honey for thirty days ...
... usage by our Saxon ancestors , who , pre- viously to their settling in this country , had adopted that phrase from a custom long in use among the northern nations , of drinking a fa- vourite beverage composed of honey for thirty days ...
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... usage of almost all the rest of Europe , as well as of their own an- cestors : Besides , by the variations in the time of sun - setting , which governs the civil day , not only there is no fixed or general period for commen- cing their ...
... usage of almost all the rest of Europe , as well as of their own an- cestors : Besides , by the variations in the time of sun - setting , which governs the civil day , not only there is no fixed or general period for commen- cing their ...
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... usage for some time prior to the In- carnation of our LORD , and to have made the day consist of twelve parts : " Are there not , " says St. MARK , c . xiii . v . 35 , " twelve hours in the day ? " From the Hebrews the Greeks borrowed ...
... usage for some time prior to the In- carnation of our LORD , and to have made the day consist of twelve parts : " Are there not , " says St. MARK , c . xiii . v . 35 , " twelve hours in the day ? " From the Hebrews the Greeks borrowed ...
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... usage considered as of the same signification . We generally understand an Instant to imply a more direct and immediate operation than a Second , while a Second is used in preference to a Moment , whenever celerity of execution is ...
... usage considered as of the same signification . We generally understand an Instant to imply a more direct and immediate operation than a Second , while a Second is used in preference to a Moment , whenever celerity of execution is ...
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... usage . England is not , howe- ver , singular in the observance of the day ; nearly the whole of Europe has had the like custom , differing only in some particular points , arising from national , political , or religious propensities ...
... usage . England is not , howe- ver , singular in the observance of the day ; nearly the whole of Europe has had the like custom , differing only in some particular points , arising from national , political , or religious propensities ...
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Page 101 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.
Page 180 - And he, trembling and astonished, said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Page 402 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves ; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female...
Page 245 - The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
Page 290 - When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished : and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Page 180 - And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: **And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Page 245 - Verily I say unto you, that ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 213 - ... and roasted alive before a large fire. The screams of the miserable animal were so affecting, that some gentlemen who were present attempted to interfere, which so enraged Mr. A. that he seized a poker, and with the most furious vehemence declared, that he would kill the first man who interposed : but, in the midst of his passionate asseverations, he fell down dead upon the spot.
Page 401 - ... power of the Father, and to whom the Son is become wisdom, sanctification, and redemption, in whose heart the love of the Spirit of God is shed abroad, this man, though he understands nothing of what is unintelligible, yet he alone truly understands the Christian doctrine of the Trinity.
Page 381 - I know, Sire, that it seems unbecoming my sex, in this age of vicious refinement, to feel for one's country, to lament the horrors of war, or wish for the return of peace. I know you may think it more properly my province to study the...