Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... brought up children , | and they have rebelled against me . The ox knoweth his owner , and the ass his master's crib : But Israel doth not know , | my people doth not consider . Winer points out the following hexameters in the original ...
... brought up children , | and they have rebelled against me . The ox knoweth his owner , and the ass his master's crib : But Israel doth not know , | my people doth not consider . Winer points out the following hexameters in the original ...
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... brought me into the dust of death . - Ps . xxii . 15 . Dusty death alludes to the sentence pronounced against Adam : - Dust thou art , and unto dust shalt thou return . - Gen . iii . 19 . Macbeth . — Life's but a walking shadow.- -v . 5 ...
... brought me into the dust of death . - Ps . xxii . 15 . Dusty death alludes to the sentence pronounced against Adam : - Dust thou art , and unto dust shalt thou return . - Gen . iii . 19 . Macbeth . — Life's but a walking shadow.- -v . 5 ...
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... brought to light by the persevering researches of antiquarians , none could be more interesting to the philanthropist and believer than the fol- lowing , ―to Christians , the most imposing judicial document ever recorded in human annals ...
... brought to light by the persevering researches of antiquarians , none could be more interesting to the philanthropist and believer than the fol- lowing , ―to Christians , the most imposing judicial document ever recorded in human annals ...
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... brought woe to all mankind , Old Adam called her wo - man ; But when she woo'd with love so kind , He then pronounced her woo - man . But now with folly and with pride , Their husbands ' pockets trimming , The ladies are so full of ...
... brought woe to all mankind , Old Adam called her wo - man ; But when she woo'd with love so kind , He then pronounced her woo - man . But now with folly and with pride , Their husbands ' pockets trimming , The ladies are so full of ...
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... brought me to be buried here ; Pears have pared off my body's hardihood , And plums and plumbers spare not one so spare : Fain would I feign my fall ; so fair a fare Lessens not fate , but ' tis a lesson good : Gilt will not long hide ...
... brought me to be buried here ; Pears have pared off my body's hardihood , And plums and plumbers spare not one so spare : Fain would I feign my fall ; so fair a fare Lessens not fate , but ' tis a lesson good : Gilt will not long hide ...
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