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... give a literal , but a liberal translation of Sturm : his repetitions of the same things , and many such there are , I have avoided ; some of his inaccura- cies ventured to correct , and have omitted some trifling passages , which ...
... give a literal , but a liberal translation of Sturm : his repetitions of the same things , and many such there are , I have avoided ; some of his inaccura- cies ventured to correct , and have omitted some trifling passages , which ...
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... , and of what benefits should we not be deprived ; without this element we should not be able to give to our garments the brilliancy of the scarlet , nor the richness of the purple ; our metals , incapable of B 3 Uses and Advantages of ...
... , and of what benefits should we not be deprived ; without this element we should not be able to give to our garments the brilliancy of the scarlet , nor the richness of the purple ; our metals , incapable of B 3 Uses and Advantages of ...
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... gives himself up to the pleasures of the table . Gorged with excess , he throws himself upon a couch to recruit his exhausted powers . The hour comes when he is to meet a numerous party . He sits down to play . For the first time since ...
... gives himself up to the pleasures of the table . Gorged with excess , he throws himself upon a couch to recruit his exhausted powers . The hour comes when he is to meet a numerous party . He sits down to play . For the first time since ...
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... partaking of it . Admirable as is the preservation of the human species , God gives still greater proofs of his wisdom and power in the care which he manifests God's providential Care of the Animal Creation during Winter.
... partaking of it . Admirable as is the preservation of the human species , God gives still greater proofs of his wisdom and power in the care which he manifests God's providential Care of the Animal Creation during Winter.
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... give will be an obstacle to its approach ; nor shall we be able to sleep till all such ideas are dissipated . Sleep comes unsolicited ; the more efforts we make to obtain it , the less likely are we to succeed . God has so appointed ...
... give will be an obstacle to its approach ; nor shall we be able to sleep till all such ideas are dissipated . Sleep comes unsolicited ; the more efforts we make to obtain it , the less likely are we to succeed . God has so appointed ...
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Page 314 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Page 82 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 81 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 227 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 38 - And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Page 82 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 81 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Page 82 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night...
Page 256 - The eyes of all wait upon thee ; And thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 40 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...