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... seen which clearly tell a tale of bygone greatness and splendour -a striking proof of the vanity of all earthly hopes or enjoyments : - " We build with fruitless cost , unless The Lord the pile sustain ; Unless the Lord the city keep ...
... seen which clearly tell a tale of bygone greatness and splendour -a striking proof of the vanity of all earthly hopes or enjoyments : - " We build with fruitless cost , unless The Lord the pile sustain ; Unless the Lord the city keep ...
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... seen hurrying to- wards the spot to witness the ceremonial . At the appointed time there could not have been less than two thousand persons in the area fronting the Government buildings , whilst the upper windows of the edifice were ...
... seen hurrying to- wards the spot to witness the ceremonial . At the appointed time there could not have been less than two thousand persons in the area fronting the Government buildings , whilst the upper windows of the edifice were ...
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... seen in the Indian collection . BOTANICAL HISTORY OF GUTTA PERCHA . The trees which yield it appear widely diffused over the Indian Archi- pelago ; they are common in many places in the island of Singapore , and also in the forests of ...
... seen in the Indian collection . BOTANICAL HISTORY OF GUTTA PERCHA . The trees which yield it appear widely diffused over the Indian Archi- pelago ; they are common in many places in the island of Singapore , and also in the forests of ...
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... seen , raking with their fingers among the fragments for such specimens . They usually lie at length upon the beach , to work with greater ease ; but when a visitor comes down , they throng round him like bees ; and he must be a skilful ...
... seen , raking with their fingers among the fragments for such specimens . They usually lie at length upon the beach , to work with greater ease ; but when a visitor comes down , they throng round him like bees ; and he must be a skilful ...
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... seen to be com- posed of dots clustered together in this manner . These are the spores , or seeds of the plant . a Antiopa cristata ( magnified ) ; a , viewel from above ; b , viewed from beneath . It would take up too many pages of the ...
... seen to be com- posed of dots clustered together in this manner . These are the spores , or seeds of the plant . a Antiopa cristata ( magnified ) ; a , viewel from above ; b , viewed from beneath . It would take up too many pages of the ...
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Página 93 - This is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heaven's Eternal King Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...
Página 470 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
Página 526 - WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life . Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we...
Página 408 - And the Lord smelled a sweet savour ; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Página 603 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Página 406 - FAIR Daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon : As yet the early-rising Sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song ; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along.
Página 452 - Forthwith a guard at every gun was placed along the wall; The beacon blazed upon the roof of Edgecumbe's lofty hall; Many a light fishing-bark put out to pry along the coast, And with loose rein and bloody spur rode inland many a post.
Página 529 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Página 598 - Wild is thy lay, and loud, Far in the downy cloud ; Love gives it energy, love gave it birth! Where, on thy dewy wing — Where art thou journeying ? Thy lay is in heaven ; thy love is on earth.
Página 598 - O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds the day, Over the cloudlet dim, Over the rainbow's rim, Musical cherub, soar, singing, away! Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place, — Oh, to abide in the desert with thee!