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... nearly every country of the world . In its midst is a small palace of glass , " full of the grand and the beautiful . Around it are productions of all tints and colours , from the deepest green to the purest white : there the crimson ...
... nearly every country of the world . In its midst is a small palace of glass , " full of the grand and the beautiful . Around it are productions of all tints and colours , from the deepest green to the purest white : there the crimson ...
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... nearly as high as St. Paul's Cathedral in London . There are the gutta - percha tree from Singapore , which has of late years been turned to so much use in a hundred different ways ; the india - rubber tree from Brazil , and the cork ...
... nearly as high as St. Paul's Cathedral in London . There are the gutta - percha tree from Singapore , which has of late years been turned to so much use in a hundred different ways ; the india - rubber tree from Brazil , and the cork ...
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... commonly called , " the apparent revolution of the sun round the earth . ' This takes 365 days and nearly six hours . But , as the calendar or almanack must consist of complete days , the six hours are omitted LEAP YEAR . 15.
... commonly called , " the apparent revolution of the sun round the earth . ' This takes 365 days and nearly six hours . But , as the calendar or almanack must consist of complete days , the six hours are omitted LEAP YEAR . 15.
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... nearly his whole life to the study of the habits of the bee . Another is said to have spent his days in the forests where the wild bees made their homes , in order to observe all their ways with the greatest care . A very large number ...
... nearly his whole life to the study of the habits of the bee . Another is said to have spent his days in the forests where the wild bees made their homes , in order to observe all their ways with the greatest care . A very large number ...
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... nearly twice as large as the workers . Their bodies are thick and clumsy , and covered with hairs much more closely than the other bees . The head of the drone is large ; so are its eyes ; and its wings are very large , and quite as ...
... nearly twice as large as the workers . Their bodies are thick and clumsy , and covered with hairs much more closely than the other bees . The head of the drone is large ; so are its eyes ; and its wings are very large , and quite as ...
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Page 203 - And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse : and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in arid dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
Page 202 - And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Page 283 - Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him : for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked ! it shall be ill with him : for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Page 362 - The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Page 166 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
Page 192 - But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
Page 316 - I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Page 163 - ... the eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good...
Page 67 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Page 283 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.