Tales of my landlord, collected and arranged by Jedediah Cleishbotham, Volumen3 |
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... council of war , for I will ne ver turn over on others the responsibility which my rank imposes on myself . I only want the benefit of your opinions , reser- ving to myself , as most men do when they ask advice , the liberty of ...
... council of war , for I will ne ver turn over on others the responsibility which my rank imposes on myself . I only want the benefit of your opinions , reser- ving to myself , as most men do when they ask advice , the liberty of ...
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... Council of Scotland , " answered the Cornet , " to lay down your arms , and dismiss the followers V whom ye have led into rebellion , contrary to the 19 50 TALES OF MY LANDLORD . horse, his motions being now the conspi- ...
... Council of Scotland , " answered the Cornet , " to lay down your arms , and dismiss the followers V whom ye have led into rebellion , contrary to the 19 50 TALES OF MY LANDLORD . horse, his motions being now the conspi- ...
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... council I died in my duty . " So saying , and commanding about twen ty stout men to follow him , he gave , with this small body , a charge so desperate and unexpected , that he drove the foremost of the pursuers back to some distance ...
... council I died in my duty . " So saying , and commanding about twen ty stout men to follow him , he gave , with this small body , a charge so desperate and unexpected , that he drove the foremost of the pursuers back to some distance ...
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... council- of war , so that they had a commanding view of the action which took place in the bottom . They were guarded by Corporal Inglis and four soldiers , who , as may readi ly be supposed , were much more intent on watching the ...
... council- of war , so that they had a commanding view of the action which took place in the bottom . They were guarded by Corporal Inglis and four soldiers , who , as may readi ly be supposed , were much more intent on watching the ...
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... council of God's army , whom he hath this day blessed with so signal a deliverance.- Thou art unarmed - Abide my return here . I must yet pursue these sinners , the Ama- lekites , and destroy them till they be ut terly consumed from the ...
... council of God's army , whom he hath this day blessed with so signal a deliverance.- Thou art unarmed - Abide my return here . I must yet pursue these sinners , the Ama- lekites , and destroy them till they be ut terly consumed from the ...
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Página 100 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Página 98 - Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered : for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh ; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine : and all flesh shall know that 1 the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Página 32 - SAVE me, O God ; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Página 98 - Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered : for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
Página 105 - ... rocks for your altars, and the sky for your vaulted sanctuary, and your own good swords for the instruments of sacrifice. Leave not, therefore, the plough in the furrow- — turn not back from the path in which you have entered, like the famous worthies of old, whom God raised up for the glorifying of his name, and the deliverance of his afflicted people — halt not in the race you are running, lest the latter end should be worse than the beginning. Wherefore, set up a standard in the land ;...
Página 39 - In Judah's land God is well known, His name's in Isr'el great : In Salem is his tabernacle, In Sion is his seat. There arrows of the bow he brake, The shield, the sword, the war. More glorious thou than hills of prev More excellent art far.
Página 104 - The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
Página 40 - Those that were stout of heart are spoil'd, They slept their sleep outright ; And none of those their hands did find, That were the men of might. "When thy rebuke, O Jacob's God, Had forth against them past, Their horses and their chariots both Were in a deep sleep cast.
Página 150 - This heat of his may turn into a zeal, And stand up for the beauteous discipline, Against the menstruous cloth and rag of Rome. We must await his calling, and the coming Of the good spirit. You did fault, t' upbraid him With the brethren's blessing of Heidelberg, weighing What need we have to hasten on the work.
Página 107 - ... high places, cry for deliverance ; the prayers of persecuted Christians, sheltering themselves in dens and deserts from the sword of their persecutors, famished with hunger, starving with cold, lacking fire, food, shelter, and clothing, because they serve God rather than man — all are with you, pleading, watching, knocking, storming the gates of heaven in your behalf. Heaven itself shall fight for you, as the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. Then whoso will deserve immortal fame...