The works of sir Walter Ralegh. To which are prefixed the lives of the author by [W.] Oldys and [T.] Birch, Volume 3 |
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... rule or knowledge . But this proposition , That we cannot be certain of Abra- ham's age , unless we make him the eldest son , is false . For it is plain in the scriptures , that when Terah was 205 , which was the year of his death ...
... rule or knowledge . But this proposition , That we cannot be certain of Abra- ham's age , unless we make him the eldest son , is false . For it is plain in the scriptures , that when Terah was 205 , which was the year of his death ...
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... rule , when her father died . SECT . VIII . Of the two brethren of queen Thermutis ; and what king it was under whom Moses was born ; and who it was that perished in the Red sea . SHE had two brethren ; the one was Rathoris , or Atho ...
... rule , when her father died . SECT . VIII . Of the two brethren of queen Thermutis ; and what king it was under whom Moses was born ; and who it was that perished in the Red sea . SHE had two brethren ; the one was Rathoris , or Atho ...
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... rule " over men , the most gentle flock ; even as warlike natures " do beforehand exercise themselves in hunting , practis- ❝ing on wild beasts those things which after they will ac- " complish in warfare ; those brute beasts affording ...
... rule " over men , the most gentle flock ; even as warlike natures " do beforehand exercise themselves in hunting , practis- ❝ing on wild beasts those things which after they will ac- " complish in warfare ; those brute beasts affording ...
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... rule of their forefathers , it is uncer- tain . Certain it is , that they had and retained another be- ginning of their politic year , which was not now abrogated , but rather , by some solemnities thereunto annexed , was confirmed ...
... rule of their forefathers , it is uncer- tain . Certain it is , that they had and retained another be- ginning of their politic year , which was not now abrogated , but rather , by some solemnities thereunto annexed , was confirmed ...
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... rule . Here lay much wisdom and deep art , which could not soon be brought to perfection . Yet as making an estimate at random , the Athenians held the year to contain 360 days , wherein most of the Greeks concurred with them . That 360 ...
... rule . Here lay much wisdom and deep art , which could not soon be brought to perfection . Yet as making an estimate at random , the Athenians held the year to contain 360 days , wherein most of the Greeks concurred with them . That 360 ...
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Popular passages
Page 392 - And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables...
Page 108 - And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Page 126 - For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Page 79 - For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
Page 115 - But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
Page 87 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me ? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward...
Page 248 - The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light : they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Page 126 - See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil ; in that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply : and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Page 215 - And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
Page 121 - Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many ; but as of one. And to thy seed, which is Christ.