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... never yet been laid in a clear and compre- hensive view before the public mind . It is no part of the present volume to suggest particular plans of remedy . The first business is to make known the nature and the extent of the evil ...
... never yet been laid in a clear and compre- hensive view before the public mind . It is no part of the present volume to suggest particular plans of remedy . The first business is to make known the nature and the extent of the evil ...
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... never- theless , by which they had attempted to wrest the Holy City from the infidels to put it into the posses- sion of mere nominal Christians , whose very act of seizing on the Holy Land proclaimed their ignorance of the very first ...
... never- theless , by which they had attempted to wrest the Holy City from the infidels to put it into the posses- sion of mere nominal Christians , whose very act of seizing on the Holy Land proclaimed their ignorance of the very first ...
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... Never was so awful a test of sincerity presented to the ' professors of a heavenly creed ! -never was such * Mickle's Camoens . opportunity allowed to mortal men to work in the eternal AND CHRISTIANITY . 13.
... Never was so awful a test of sincerity presented to the ' professors of a heavenly creed ! -never was such * Mickle's Camoens . opportunity allowed to mortal men to work in the eternal AND CHRISTIANITY . 13.
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... never again be put at one moment into the reach of the human will . God's providence is working out its undoubted design in this magnificent revelation of That maiden world , twin - sister to the old ; -Montgomery . But they who should ...
... never again be put at one moment into the reach of the human will . God's providence is working out its undoubted design in this magnificent revelation of That maiden world , twin - sister to the old ; -Montgomery . But they who should ...
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... never quenching her thirst , and leaving her at length the poorest and most distracted realm in Europe , might have been hers from a thousand unpolluted sources , and bearing along with it God's blessing instead of his curse : and ...
... never quenching her thirst , and leaving her at length the poorest and most distracted realm in Europe , might have been hers from a thousand unpolluted sources , and bearing along with it God's blessing instead of his curse : and ...
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Page 202 - And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
Page 399 - The white people had now found our country. Tidings were carried back and more came amongst us. Yet, we did not fear them. We took them to be friends. They called us brothers. We believed them and gave them a larger seat. At length, their numbers had greatly increased. They wanted more land; they wanted our country. Our eyes were opened and our minds became uneasy.
Page 22 - Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Page 202 - Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Page 202 - And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel ? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry : I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Page 29 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Page 398 - Brother, listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great island. Their seats extended from the rising to the setting sun. The Great Spirit had made it for the use of the Indians.
Page 399 - We understand that your religion is written in a book. If it was intended for us as well as you, why has not the Great Spirit given to us, and not only to us, but why did he not give to our forefathers, the knowledge of that book, with the means of understanding it rightly? We only know what you tell us about it. How shall we know when to believe, being so often deceived by the white people?