Esther: The Hebrew-Persian QueenH.H. Bancroft & Company, 1859 - 353 pages |
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Page xii
... called for in the discharge of duty - Duty is always ours - Efficacy of prayer - Our advantages over the queen - The design of affliction - The great resolve for the sinner ....... CHAPTER XIII . THE BANQUET AND THE SLEEPLESS KING . The ...
... called for in the discharge of duty - Duty is always ours - Efficacy of prayer - Our advantages over the queen - The design of affliction - The great resolve for the sinner ....... CHAPTER XIII . THE BANQUET AND THE SLEEPLESS KING . The ...
Page xxi
... called for by friends , whose wishes the author did not feel at liberty to disregard ; and , partly , be- cause , as heretofore , so now , he is desirous of doing all he can toward the promotion of a sound Christian literature on this ...
... called for by friends , whose wishes the author did not feel at liberty to disregard ; and , partly , be- cause , as heretofore , so now , he is desirous of doing all he can toward the promotion of a sound Christian literature on this ...
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... called in Alexander's day , Greek enterprise into Asia , and thereby awaken its decaying kingdoms , and stimulate them to trade and civilization . No doubt he wished , at the same time that he was thus arousing them , to make them ...
... called in Alexander's day , Greek enterprise into Asia , and thereby awaken its decaying kingdoms , and stimulate them to trade and civilization . No doubt he wished , at the same time that he was thus arousing them , to make them ...
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... called in modern times , were constantly with their kings at feasts and councils , and on the field of bat- tle . It was their duty to note down at the time his words , and make a record of his deeds . A similar cus- tom prevailed among ...
... called in modern times , were constantly with their kings at feasts and councils , and on the field of bat- tle . It was their duty to note down at the time his words , and make a record of his deeds . A similar cus- tom prevailed among ...
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... called Omm - al - belad , the mother of cities . From the time of Abraham , when Elam was a kingdom , to Isaiah , nothing occurs in sacred history that belongs especially to Persia . Isaiah , however , speaks of the Elamites as a ...
... called Omm - al - belad , the mother of cities . From the time of Abraham , when Elam was a kingdom , to Isaiah , nothing occurs in sacred history that belongs especially to Persia . Isaiah , however , speaks of the Elamites as a ...
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