The Investigator, Volumes 3-4T. and G. Underwood, 1821 |
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... persons who died in the course of the last year : this intention , we have , however , been induced to abandon , by the arrival , just as these memoirs were going to press , of a volume of Malayan Miscellanies , " the first book ever ...
... persons who died in the course of the last year : this intention , we have , however , been induced to abandon , by the arrival , just as these memoirs were going to press , of a volume of Malayan Miscellanies , " the first book ever ...
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... person who teaches such a school ? " Answ . The course of education being completed , the usual fees for each scholar are twenty dollars , a suit of ... persons possessing high rank Sketch of the Native Population of Sumatra , & c . 15.
... person who teaches such a school ? " Answ . The course of education being completed , the usual fees for each scholar are twenty dollars , a suit of ... persons possessing high rank Sketch of the Native Population of Sumatra , & c . 15.
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" Ques . 12. You being persons possessing high rank and influence in the country , have it in your power to insure ... person who has been employed in instructing youth of the higher orders , as peculiarly fit for master in the present ...
" Ques . 12. You being persons possessing high rank and influence in the country , have it in your power to insure ... person who has been employed in instructing youth of the higher orders , as peculiarly fit for master in the present ...
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... person , or persons , who should live in this place , would always be in great favour with the gods and Brah- mahs , and also be able to vanquish their enemies in time of war ; and , therefore , that this ground would be the most proper ...
... person , or persons , who should live in this place , would always be in great favour with the gods and Brah- mahs , and also be able to vanquish their enemies in time of war ; and , therefore , that this ground would be the most proper ...
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... person were to acquire no other knowledge of Poetry than what may be gained from the definitions and inexplicable ... persons , variously employed , in sundry amusing occupations : they took no notice of me , though I started up to ...
... person were to acquire no other knowledge of Poetry than what may be gained from the definitions and inexplicable ... persons , variously employed , in sundry amusing occupations : they took no notice of me , though I started up to ...
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Page 56 - And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? What is it which these witness against thee? But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
Page 54 - Lord thine oaths; but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Page 277 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Page 292 - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
Page 285 - Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men : For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Page 381 - Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them ; I will increase them with men like a flock.
Page 135 - Go your way and tell John what things ye have seen and heard : the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up...
Page 78 - Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, " My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Page 77 - And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Page 78 - And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing.