Merry's Museum, Volumes 3-4I.C. & J.N. Stearns, 1843 - New York (N.Y.) |
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... took hold of her ears , and tried to pull her out of the hole . But this was a task beyond my strength . She was of enormous size and weight , and , beside , was so jammed into the rocks as to defy all my efforts to remove the life ...
... took hold of her ears , and tried to pull her out of the hole . But this was a task beyond my strength . She was of enormous size and weight , and , beside , was so jammed into the rocks as to defy all my efforts to remove the life ...
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... took place nearly a dozen years before my visit . He brought his family with him , among whom was a widowed daughter with an only child- a fine boy of four years old . You will recollect that the country around was an unbroken forest ...
... took place nearly a dozen years before my visit . He brought his family with him , among whom was a widowed daughter with an only child- a fine boy of four years old . You will recollect that the country around was an unbroken forest ...
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... took the boy in his arms and departed . I shall not attempt to describe the agony of the mother for the three ensu- ing days . She was agitated by con- tending hopes and fears . In the night she awoke from sleep , seeming to hear the ...
... took the boy in his arms and departed . I shall not attempt to describe the agony of the mother for the three ensu- ing days . She was agitated by con- tending hopes and fears . In the night she awoke from sleep , seeming to hear the ...
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... took and destroyed the fortress of Arauco , and invested that of Tucupel . Valdivia , hearing of this , assembled his troops and marched against the Indians . He had about two hundred Spaniards and five thou- sand Indian auxiliaries ...
... took and destroyed the fortress of Arauco , and invested that of Tucupel . Valdivia , hearing of this , assembled his troops and marched against the Indians . He had about two hundred Spaniards and five thou- sand Indian auxiliaries ...
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... took the fearful step . It was by this means alone that he could provide es- cape for those to whom he was bound by the closest of human ties . " " I have suggested these thoughts to him , " replied Emilie ; " and thus far he might be ...
... took the fearful step . It was by this means alone that he could provide es- cape for those to whom he was bound by the closest of human ties . " " I have suggested these thoughts to him , " replied Emilie ; " and thus far he might be ...
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Page 46 - Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
Page 107 - He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him with their shadow ; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Page 45 - And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
Page 135 - And now, if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me : and if not, tell me ; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
Page 93 - Of a steep wilderness, whose hairy sides With thicket overgrown, grotesque and wild, Access denied ; and overhead up grew Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene, and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Page 136 - For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us ? And the servant had said, It is my master : therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
Page 187 - And nimbly catch the incautious flies. The glowworms, numerous and bright, Illumed the dewy dell last night. At dusk the squalid toad was seen. Hopping and crawling o'er the green : The whirling wind, the dust obeys, And in the rapid eddy plays ; The frog has changed his yellow vest, And in a russet coat is dressed.
Page 126 - And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven...
Page 45 - And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
Page 46 - So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.