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Page 86 - And he said unto his daughters, And where is he ? why is it that ye have left the man ? call him, that he may eat bread.
Page 86 - Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
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Page 46 - Which strike ev'n eyes incurious ; but each moss, Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank Important in the plan of Him who framed This scale of beings ; holds a rank which lost Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap Which Nature's self would rue.
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| Title | Literary life and select works of Benjamin Stillingfleet [ed. by W. Coxe]. Volume 1 of Literary life and select works of Benjamin Stillingfleet [ed. by W. Coxe], Benjamin Stillingfleet |
| Authors | Benjamin Stillingfleet, William Coxe |
| Editor | William Coxe |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Jun 2007 |
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