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Page xii
... told , who fill their stomachs with clay when food is scarce ; which clay they vomit when they get a meal . In like manner the civilised man of non - nescience · a word I take the liberty of using for science , since two nega- tives ...
... told , who fill their stomachs with clay when food is scarce ; which clay they vomit when they get a meal . In like manner the civilised man of non - nescience · a word I take the liberty of using for science , since two nega- tives ...
Page xiv
... told them they were not bound ; but he ought to have told them that , in the jury - meaning of the word , evidence is not evidence until it is believed . been made to believe , if they clearly understand what Xiv PREFACE .
... told them they were not bound ; but he ought to have told them that , in the jury - meaning of the word , evidence is not evidence until it is believed . been made to believe , if they clearly understand what Xiv PREFACE .
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... told of a hardy speculator who is pre- paring to give the world the theory that all matter thinks , and that the atmosphere is competent to be the cause of the as- serted communications . All this is quite in the spirit of phi- losophy ...
... told of a hardy speculator who is pre- paring to give the world the theory that all matter thinks , and that the atmosphere is competent to be the cause of the as- serted communications . All this is quite in the spirit of phi- losophy ...
Page xliv
... told me that he had gone a step beyond me , for he had insisted on taking his alphabet behind a large folding screen , and asking his questions by the alphabet and a pencil , as well as re- ceiving the answers . No persons except ...
... told me that he had gone a step beyond me , for he had insisted on taking his alphabet behind a large folding screen , and asking his questions by the alphabet and a pencil , as well as re- ceiving the answers . No persons except ...
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... told that they were all persons chosen for high intelligence , good judgment , and integrity . The party sat for nearly an hour , and then , perceiving no sign of sound or movement , left Mrs. Hayden , who appeared to all of them ...
... told that they were all persons chosen for high intelligence , good judgment , and integrity . The party sat for nearly an hour , and then , perceiving no sign of sound or movement , left Mrs. Hayden , who appeared to all of them ...
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Page 328 - And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Page 333 - And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him : and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Page 318 - Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
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Page 339 - He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David. And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Page 326 - And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Page 329 - All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
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Page 372 - Readings for a Month Preparatory to Confirmation, from Writers of the Early and English Church. By the same.
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