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Page 10
... appear to be almost amphibious : during the heat of the day , such as are not employed in husbandry recline in the water with their whole frame immersed , except the head ; and long strings of them traverse the current where it is ...
... appear to be almost amphibious : during the heat of the day , such as are not employed in husbandry recline in the water with their whole frame immersed , except the head ; and long strings of them traverse the current where it is ...
Page 15
... appears from Homer , that oxen and mules were the most common draught cattle in ancient Greece and the Lesser Asia ; for the wood which formed the funeral pile of Hector , was conveyed in waggons drawn by oxen and mules : οι δύπ ...
... appears from Homer , that oxen and mules were the most common draught cattle in ancient Greece and the Lesser Asia ; for the wood which formed the funeral pile of Hector , was conveyed in waggons drawn by oxen and mules : οι δύπ ...
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... appear to be that stupid , defenceless , timid creature , which Buffon represents him in his elaborate pages . It has been justly observed , that all tame animals lose a portion of that sagacity , dexterity , and courage , which they ...
... appear to be that stupid , defenceless , timid creature , which Buffon represents him in his elaborate pages . It has been justly observed , that all tame animals lose a portion of that sagacity , dexterity , and courage , which they ...
Page 38
... appear in a pendant attitude , from the summit of mount Gilead ; most agreeably adorning the place , and detaining the specta- tor's eye . This exposition takes in a circumstance which corresponds with the pensile position of the hair ...
... appear in a pendant attitude , from the summit of mount Gilead ; most agreeably adorning the place , and detaining the specta- tor's eye . This exposition takes in a circumstance which corresponds with the pensile position of the hair ...
Page 53
... appears that in the remotest ages their services were ne- cessary to guard the flocks from the attacks of wild beasts . In the lines of Homer the dog is always associated with the shepherd , in watching the fold . But his vigilance and ...
... appears that in the remotest ages their services were ne- cessary to guard the flocks from the attacks of wild beasts . In the lines of Homer the dog is always associated with the shepherd , in watching the fold . But his vigilance and ...
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Popular passages
Page 167 - AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, •** so panteth my soul after thee, O God. ' My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God?
Page 32 - As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered ; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Page 271 - If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; if my people which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways : then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Page 547 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Page 272 - And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, "Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 17 - Therefore they shall come and • sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd : and their soul shall be as a watered garden ; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Page 59 - He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; He that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; He that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; He that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol.
Page 434 - And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Page 150 - Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? Whose house I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwellings. He scorneth the multitude of the city, Neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
Page 504 - And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire ; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.