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Page 17 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Land of Thor |
| Author | John Ross Browne |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers, 1870 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 1 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 542 pages |
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