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... river side , and converse about their respective sons , and their respective hopes and fears with regard to them ; while their hands busily plied the distaff , or worked at some article of clothing or of domestic use . " And you expect ...
... river side , and converse about their respective sons , and their respective hopes and fears with regard to them ; while their hands busily plied the distaff , or worked at some article of clothing or of domestic use . " And you expect ...
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... river . The mother and son were communing in spirit all the while ; and ere long they spoke again . He gives us their uttered thoughts in some such words as these : - " We were saying , then , that if , even now , in this our bodily ...
... river . The mother and son were communing in spirit all the while ; and ere long they spoke again . He gives us their uttered thoughts in some such words as these : - " We were saying , then , that if , even now , in this our bodily ...
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... river bank , or bent their steps inland towards some Egyptian village , or some inviting grove of palms . To Alypius ... river over all the neighbouring fields attracted his attention — the wide canals that conveyed the water across the ...
... river bank , or bent their steps inland towards some Egyptian village , or some inviting grove of palms . To Alypius ... river over all the neighbouring fields attracted his attention — the wide canals that conveyed the water across the ...
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... river was measured , were also objects of curiosity to his inquiring mind ; and he marked how the appointed watchmen at these machines observed the rising of the waters at the period of the annual inundation , and gave notice , by ...
... river was measured , were also objects of curiosity to his inquiring mind ; and he marked how the appointed watchmen at these machines observed the rising of the waters at the period of the annual inundation , and gave notice , by ...
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... river Nile was considered a sacred emblem . Instantly the labourers - who were stationed ready at the proper spots - commenced their task of digging through the banks of earth that closed the openings of the canals , and draw- ing aside ...
... river Nile was considered a sacred emblem . Instantly the labourers - who were stationed ready at the proper spots - commenced their task of digging through the banks of earth that closed the openings of the canals , and draw- ing aside ...
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Page 122 - The night is far spent, the day is at hand : let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day : not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Page 122 - The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day ; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.
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