An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time: Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a General Index to the Whole. ...T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn; A. Millar, in the Strand; and J. Osborn, in Pater-noster Row., 1747 - World history |
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He maketh the clouds his chariot , and walketh upon the wings of the wind ( 11 ) We shall go no further with instances , which are innumerable ; but observe here , that fome of them have fuch a complicated beauty , that the best part of ...
He maketh the clouds his chariot , and walketh upon the wings of the wind ( 11 ) We shall go no further with instances , which are innumerable ; but observe here , that fome of them have fuch a complicated beauty , that the best part of ...
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Page 164 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 145 - WHEN a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her : then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Page 74 - This breaftplate was fattened at the 4 corners ; thofe on the top to each (houlder by a golden hook or ring at the end of a wreathed chain ; and thofe below, to the girdle of the cphod, by two ftrings or ribbons, •which had likewife two rings and hooks.
Page 276 - Rachel to you as soon as the seven days" (or nuptial week for Leah) " have expired." This unfair treatment greatly perplexed Jacob, but his distinguished affection for Rachel made him resolve to...
Page 192 - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.
Page 74 - It was worn on the breast of the high priest, and was set with twelve precious stones, on each of which was engraven the name of one of the tribes. They were set in four rows, three in each row, and were divided from each other by the little golden squares or partitions in which they were set.
Page 57 - What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you ? then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt ; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand...
Page 11 - Jehovah, which is the incommunicable name of God, is the Father ; by Elohim is meant the Son, who is the fountain of all knowledge ; and by the...
Page 276 - ... (continued he, in a milder tone), "if you will fulfil the nuptial week with your wife, and consent to serve another seven years for her sister, I am content to take your word for it, and to give Rachel to you as soon as the seven days" (or nuptial week for Leah)
Page 234 - For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet perad venture for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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| Title | An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time: Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a General Index to the Whole. ... Volume 3 of An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time: Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a General Index to the Whole, Thomas Osborne |
| Contributors | Thomas Osborne, Andrew Millar, John Osborn |
| Publisher | T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn; A. Millar, in the Strand; and J. Osborn, in Pater-noster Row., 1747 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 30 Jun 2006 |
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