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... observed Abotis , Arro- topholis , and Tentea , where , in the temple of Isis , I tasted , with wonder , the Egyptian learning ; and , turning towards the opposite shore , I passed by Coenas , and Apollinopolis Minor ; reviewing near ...
... observed Abotis , Arro- topholis , and Tentea , where , in the temple of Isis , I tasted , with wonder , the Egyptian learning ; and , turning towards the opposite shore , I passed by Coenas , and Apollinopolis Minor ; reviewing near ...
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... observations upon the size and fashion of our Bibles , will , perhaps , be questioned by some ; but the justness of them may be tried by putting a few questions . How many of us would be at the trouble of reading our best English ...
... observations upon the size and fashion of our Bibles , will , perhaps , be questioned by some ; but the justness of them may be tried by putting a few questions . How many of us would be at the trouble of reading our best English ...
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... observed this , and have for that reason taken liberties with these arguments , adding to thein , or diminishing them , according to their fancy ; in some late editions from the Cambridge press the arguments of the chapters are reduced ...
... observed this , and have for that reason taken liberties with these arguments , adding to thein , or diminishing them , according to their fancy ; in some late editions from the Cambridge press the arguments of the chapters are reduced ...
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... observed so scrupulously , that when my sectional division happened , as it did more than once , to end where there was only a colon in the text , I would not allow them to change it to a full stop . So that this edition may be consi ...
... observed so scrupulously , that when my sectional division happened , as it did more than once , to end where there was only a colon in the text , I would not allow them to change it to a full stop . So that this edition may be consi ...
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... observed between them and Mr. R. seems to be this : what Mr. R. states in a metrical form , is gene- rally so given by those learned persons ; but many passages , we observe , that are put in a metrical form by them , are printed as ...
... observed between them and Mr. R. seems to be this : what Mr. R. states in a metrical form , is gene- rally so given by those learned persons ; but many passages , we observe , that are put in a metrical form by them , are printed as ...
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Page 24 - Who can count the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!
Page 91 - Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 27 - Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, and said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither : the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Page 351 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? ' King or queen :
Page 100 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 351 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 28 - ... 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 99 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends ; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Page 26 - And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
Page 28 - I have no pleasure in them ; while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain : in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves...