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... known but the civilization of a great empire and its influences upon succeeding times , and the results of that art which perpetuates and exalts all other arts , may be retraced with good effect to any mind that is training to just ...
... known but the civilization of a great empire and its influences upon succeeding times , and the results of that art which perpetuates and exalts all other arts , may be retraced with good effect to any mind that is training to just ...
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... known * but it is in Asiatic Turkey , and lies at the head of the Me- diterranean . A part of this coast of the Mediter- ranean comprehended Phoenicia . Egypt is in Africa , and connected to the country of Palestine by the Isthmus of ...
... known * but it is in Asiatic Turkey , and lies at the head of the Me- diterranean . A part of this coast of the Mediter- ranean comprehended Phoenicia . Egypt is in Africa , and connected to the country of Palestine by the Isthmus of ...
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... known in Europe . After the Christian religion was adopted in the Roman empire A. D. 336 , the Old and New Testaments were translated into Latin and distributed in ma- nuscripts over the provinces . Various Greek and Hebrew manuscripts ...
... known in Europe . After the Christian religion was adopted in the Roman empire A. D. 336 , the Old and New Testaments were translated into Latin and distributed in ma- nuscripts over the provinces . Various Greek and Hebrew manuscripts ...
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... known how many of these there were , or how large a portion of the world they inhabited , but they were taught by God himself , or they learned by their own invention and industry many useful arts . They knew how to construct tents to ...
... known how many of these there were , or how large a portion of the world they inhabited , but they were taught by God himself , or they learned by their own invention and industry many useful arts . They knew how to construct tents to ...
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Eliza Robbins. Whether they had laws and governors is not known , but there were good and bad men then as at all times , and there was religious worship among them . 5. Religious worship was probably first taught by God to his creatures ...
Eliza Robbins. Whether they had laws and governors is not known , but there were good and bad men then as at all times , and there was religious worship among them . 5. Religious worship was probably first taught by God to his creatures ...
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Page 187 - In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Page 60 - And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David ; blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord, Hosanna in the, highest!
Page 316 - And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not— his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away...
Page 97 - Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews ? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
Page 97 - And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go, and search diligently for the" young child ; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
Page 27 - And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud...
Page 89 - But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him; and he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven ; till he knew that the Most High God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
Page 44 - In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son and thy daughter, thy manservant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day ; wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and hallowed it.
Page 103 - And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck : And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had ; and they cried before him, Bow the knee : and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Page 316 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower ; and now The arena swims around him : he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.