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... nature and to experience than the poet's declaration , M 66 ' Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown . ' Of this we have evidence in the record which this chapter contains of the perturbations of mind incident to royalty ; and ...
... nature and to experience than the poet's declaration , M 66 ' Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown . ' Of this we have evidence in the record which this chapter contains of the perturbations of mind incident to royalty ; and ...
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... nature . In estimating this faculty of the mind , we should avoid the ex- tremes of contempt and of vulgar credulity . Dreams may be viewed as common and ex- traordinary . Common dreams appear to result from the fragments of recollected ...
... nature . In estimating this faculty of the mind , we should avoid the ex- tremes of contempt and of vulgar credulity . Dreams may be viewed as common and ex- traordinary . Common dreams appear to result from the fragments of recollected ...
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... natural philosophy , and who addicted them- selves to the casting of nativities . Some have thought also , with sufficient probability , that they were employed in the interpretation of hieroglyphics . The magi in Egypt , Persia , and ...
... natural philosophy , and who addicted them- selves to the casting of nativities . Some have thought also , with sufficient probability , that they were employed in the interpretation of hieroglyphics . The magi in Egypt , Persia , and ...
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... nature of the brute . Nebu- chadnezzar furnished , on the occasion in question , a most unhappy specimen of this odious temper . 3. It is destructive of that just and useful influence to which we should aspire , and for which every one ...
... nature of the brute . Nebu- chadnezzar furnished , on the occasion in question , a most unhappy specimen of this odious temper . 3. It is destructive of that just and useful influence to which we should aspire , and for which every one ...
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... nature , as the heavens are above the earth ; nay more , that in all that is pure in principle , ennobling in character , and heaven- ly in spirit , he has left us an example , " that we should follow his steps . Who did no sin ...
... nature , as the heavens are above the earth ; nay more , that in all that is pure in principle , ennobling in character , and heaven- ly in spirit , he has left us an example , " that we should follow his steps . Who did no sin ...
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Abed-nego Ancient of days angel Antiochus appear Arioch Babylon beasts behold Belshazzar blessed BOOK OF DANIEL burning fiery furnace captivity cast Chaldeans character Christ Christian church covenant daily sacrifice Darius decree Deity desolate divine divine grace dominion dream earth Egypt empire eunuchs exalted faith father glory gods gold Hananiah hand hast hath heart heathen heaven Herodotus holy honor idolatry interpretation thereof intimated iron Jehoiakim Jerusalem Jesus Jews Judea judgment king king's kingdom known unto language LECTURE lions little horn Lord manifestation Medes Meshach midst mind Mishael monarch moral nations nature Nebuchadnezzar occasion period Persian piety possessed prayer prince prophecy prophetic psaltery Ptolemy Ptolemy Philadelphus reference reign religion remarkable revelations Roman sackbut saints Scripture servants Shadrach spake spirit stand stood Syria temple thee thine things thou throne tion truth unto Daniel Verse vision wicked wisdom wise words worship
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Page 127 - I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Page 80 - And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven ? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so -come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Page 138 - ... the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
Page 185 - And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven ; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
Page 201 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and the prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Page 171 - And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Page 164 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool : his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Page 103 - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods — nor worship the golden image which I have set up ? Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music...
Page 148 - All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Page 244 - And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God ; and the books were opened : and another book was opened, which is the book of life : and the dead were judged out of those things which were written In the books, according to their works.