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Page 276 - Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
Page 236 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Page 60 - The UNCANONICAL and APOCRYPHAL SCRIPTURES. Being the Additions to the Old Testament Canon which were included in the Ancient Greek and Latin Versions; the English Teit of the Authorized Version, together with the Additional Matter found In the Vulgate and other Ancient Versions; Introductions to the several Books and Fragments; Marginal Notes and References ; and a General Introduction to the Apocrypha. By the Rev. WR...
Page 292 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 80 - BUILDING SOCIETY. HOW TO PURCHASE A PLOT OF LAND FOR FIVE SHILLINGS PER MONTH, With Immediate Possession, either for Building or Gardening Purposes. Apply at the Office of the BIRKBECK FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.
Page 313 - And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him ; and they took him, and cast him into a pit : and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
Page 251 - Le roi. Je ferai une courte prière, et quand j'étendrai les mains, alors ... Il se recueillit, se dit à lui-même quelques mots à voix basse, leva les yeux au ciel, s'agenouilla, posa sa tête sur le billot : l'exécuteur toucha ses cheveux pour les ranger encore sous son bonnet ; le roi crut qu'il allait frapper : " Attendez le signe," lui dit-il. " Je l'attendrai, sire, avec le bon plaisir de Votre Majesté.
Page 255 - Cyrene and Alexandria. But herein it shall exceed them and supply a defect as great as that which Plato noted in the commonwealth of Sparta; whereas that city trained up their youth most for war and these in their academies and Lyceum all for the gown, this institution of breeding which I here delineate shall be equally good both for peace and war.
Page 200 - THE UNCANONICAL AND APOCRYPHAL SCRIPTURES. Being the Additions to the Old Testament Canon which were included in the Ancient Greek and Latin Versions ; the English Text of the Authorized Version, together with the Additional Matter found in the Vulgate and other Ancient Versions ; Introductions to the several books and Fragments ; Marginal Notes and References; and a General Introduction to the Apocrypha.
Page 367 - Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness ; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.

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