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" Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. "
Early days; or, The Wesleyan scholar's guide - Page 37
1873
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The English Version of the Polyglot Bible Containing the Old and New ...

1850 - 830 pages
...barn? 13 Gravest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or X wings and feathers unto the ostrich ? 14 sh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. 29 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them . JOB, XL SC...
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The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, According ..., Volume 3

Bible - 1851 - 668 pages
...and fierce a creature. But was it not far more VOL. HT. 14 earth, and warmeth them in the dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 16 She is 'hardened against her young ones, • as though they were not hers: ' her labor is in vain...
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The School Reader: Containing Instructions in the Elementary Principles of ...

Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1842 - 322 pages
...Wilt thou believe him, that lie will bring home thy seed, And gather it into thy barn ? 2. Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks ? Or wings and...ostrich ? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, , And warmetli them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may...
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Studies on Slavery: In Easy Lessons

John Fletcher - Slavery - 1852 - 676 pages
...thou, Why "leaveththe ostrich her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust? Why forgetteth she that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them ?" " Why is she hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers ?" " Why is her labour...
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Studies on Slavery, in Easy Lessons: Compiled Into Eight Studies, and ...

John Fletcher - History - 1852 - 666 pages
...thou, Why " leaveth the ostrich her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust? Why forgetteth she that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them?" " Why is she hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers ?" " Why is her labour in...
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Studies on Slavery: In Easy Lessons

John Fletcher - Slavery - 1852 - 656 pages
...thou, Why " leaveth the ostrich her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust? Why forgetteth she that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them ?" " Why is she hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers ?" " Why is her labour...
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Studies on Slavery: In Easy Lessons

John Fletcher - Slavery - 1852 - 712 pages
...thou, Why "leaveththe ostrich her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust? Why forgetteth she that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them?" " Why is she hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers ?" " Why is her labour in...
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Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, Volume 41

1852 - 702 pages
...contrite hearts shall find their chains Of sin and darkness riven. 88 ANECDOTES OF OSTRICHES. ! ihou the goodly wings unto the peacocks, or wings and feathers unto the ostrich ? liWTurh leavelh her egea in the earth, and warmeth them in tho dust ? '•And lorgetteth that the...
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Notes, Critical, Illustrative & Practical on the Book of Job: With ..., Volume 2

1852 - 388 pages
...is more foolish than the ostrich, for while it forsakes its own eggs, it sits on the eggs of others; foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. whence the proverb, Every animal loves its own young except the ostrich." Ottomanus says, "Every animal...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 31

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1852 - 742 pages
...victory attests. ANECDOTES OF OSTRICHES. " Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks, or winps and feathers unto the ostrich ? " Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, aud warmeth them in the dust ? " And forgetteth, that the foot may crush them, or that the wilde beast...
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