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... things , " great regard has been had to accuracy and truth . The facts stated may be relied on as of the most authentic character . It was the settled purpose of the author , that as an historical record , this pub- lication should ...
... things , " great regard has been had to accuracy and truth . The facts stated may be relied on as of the most authentic character . It was the settled purpose of the author , that as an historical record , this pub- lication should ...
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... things took place above three thousand years ago . We can be- lieve that God brought the quails around the camp of the Israelites as they journeyed through the wilderness , and that he sent hornets before them to drive out the Canaanite ...
... things took place above three thousand years ago . We can be- lieve that God brought the quails around the camp of the Israelites as they journeyed through the wilderness , and that he sent hornets before them to drive out the Canaanite ...
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... thing that makes the honey ? Well , could we not catch it , and tame it , and keep it ? " It was stated to me by an old citizen of Missouri , that when the first swarm of bees came to St. Louis , and settled , in a large mass , on some ...
... thing that makes the honey ? Well , could we not catch it , and tame it , and keep it ? " It was stated to me by an old citizen of Missouri , that when the first swarm of bees came to St. Louis , and settled , in a large mass , on some ...
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... things were in a great measure forgotten or trodden down ? A generation sprang up , in which dexterity and prowess in Indian warfare were the great objects of ambition , and , indeed , the high road to fame . And in the mean while , the ...
... things were in a great measure forgotten or trodden down ? A generation sprang up , in which dexterity and prowess in Indian warfare were the great objects of ambition , and , indeed , the high road to fame . And in the mean while , the ...
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... things , were struck down as literally as Saul of Tarsus , on his way to Damascus . But this brings me to another branch of the subject ; that is , - 2. The FALLING DOWN . This was one of the forms of that bodily exercise , as it was ...
... things , were struck down as literally as Saul of Tarsus , on his way to Damascus . But this brings me to another branch of the subject ; that is , - 2. The FALLING DOWN . This was one of the forms of that bodily exercise , as it was ...
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