Esther: The Hebrew-Persian QueenH.H. Bancroft & Company, 1859 - 353 pages |
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Page xi
... live as well as other people - The murderous decree issued - Some par- allels - The king and Haman drinking , but the city of Shushan perplexed - Danger of despotism - Des- potism of a mob the worst of all - The Vox Populi is not always ...
... live as well as other people - The murderous decree issued - Some par- allels - The king and Haman drinking , but the city of Shushan perplexed - Danger of despotism - Des- potism of a mob the worst of all - The Vox Populi is not always ...
Page xii
... lives are sometimes 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 ...
... lives are sometimes 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 ...
Page xviii
... lives of Bible men and women , not as men and women in a book , or in a picture gallery , that were painted from fancy , but as real men and women like ourselves - and not as pro- files , but as full - faced human beings . I do not ...
... lives of Bible men and women , not as men and women in a book , or in a picture gallery , that were painted from fancy , but as real men and women like ourselves - and not as pro- files , but as full - faced human beings . I do not ...
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... lives of Oriental princes , and tales and illustrations of the manners of the East a long time ago , are a part of the early studies of our boyhood , and a never failing source of amuse- ment to an enlightened mind , through all the ...
... lives of Oriental princes , and tales and illustrations of the manners of the East a long time ago , are a part of the early studies of our boyhood , and a never failing source of amuse- ment to an enlightened mind , through all the ...
Page 48
... live but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days . And they told to Mordecai Esther's words . Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther , Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house , more ...
... live but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days . And they told to Mordecai Esther's words . Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther , Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house , more ...
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