Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... Bible . CCURACY of the historical books of the Old Testament.- Their confirmation by the progressive results of modern explora- tion and discovery . - Testimony as to the wisdom and sublimity of the Bible from Sir William Jones ...
... Bible . CCURACY of the historical books of the Old Testament.- Their confirmation by the progressive results of modern explora- tion and discovery . - Testimony as to the wisdom and sublimity of the Bible from Sir William Jones ...
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... Bible . - Amusing instances of unintentional rhyming .. 223 HE The Humors of Versification . The story of the lovers in different moods and tenses , as The fated turns that may be given to the defects of stammering , as illustrated by ...
... Bible . - Amusing instances of unintentional rhyming .. 223 HE The Humors of Versification . The story of the lovers in different moods and tenses , as The fated turns that may be given to the defects of stammering , as illustrated by ...
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... Bible in twenty - three sections , and throughout each see- tion omitted , successively , some particular letter . Gordianus Fulgentius , who wrote " De Etatibus Mundi et Hominis , " has styled his book a wonderful work , chiefly , it ...
... Bible in twenty - three sections , and throughout each see- tion omitted , successively , some particular letter . Gordianus Fulgentius , who wrote " De Etatibus Mundi et Hominis , " has styled his book a wonderful work , chiefly , it ...
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... BIBLICAL CENTO . Cling to the Mighty One , Cling in thy grief ; Cling to the Holy One , He gives relief ; Essay on Criticism . 66 66 66 66 66 66 Essay on Man . 66 66 66 66 66 66 Moral Essay . Essay on Man . January and May . Essay on ...
... BIBLICAL CENTO . Cling to the Mighty One , Cling in thy grief ; Cling to the Holy One , He gives relief ; Essay on Criticism . 66 66 66 66 66 66 Essay on Man . 66 66 66 66 66 66 Moral Essay . Essay on Man . January and May . Essay on ...
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... Bible are mono- syllabic . A few are subjoined , selected at random : - And God said , Let there be light : and there was light . And God saw the light , that it was good . — Gen . I. At her feet he bowed , he fell , he lay down : at ...
... Bible are mono- syllabic . A few are subjoined , selected at random : - And God said , Let there be light : and there was light . And God saw the light , that it was good . — Gen . I. At her feet he bowed , he fell , he lay down : at ...
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