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Page 13
... appear either a deceiver or a deceived person ? Opposed to this assumption are the expressions , " house " ( Gen. xlvi . 31 ) , and " household " ( Gen. xlvii . 12 ) , in antithesis to " brethren . " Joseph's brethren are " the seventy ...
... appear either a deceiver or a deceived person ? Opposed to this assumption are the expressions , " house " ( Gen. xlvi . 31 ) , and " household " ( Gen. xlvii . 12 ) , in antithesis to " brethren . " Joseph's brethren are " the seventy ...
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... appear , tabulates only the genealogies of four persons , concealing that of the fifth in a paragraph by itself . The argument is this : — as Moses was the son of Amram , and Amram of Kohath , and Kohath of Levi , these four names show ...
... appear , tabulates only the genealogies of four persons , concealing that of the fifth in a paragraph by itself . The argument is this : — as Moses was the son of Amram , and Amram of Kohath , and Kohath of Levi , these four names show ...
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... appears to have been the rule from the time of Herodotus down to our own days . But neither of these natural ... appear . The 70 at the immigration has to be multiplied by 4 as the ratio of progression , and 64 generations as the ...
... appears to have been the rule from the time of Herodotus down to our own days . But neither of these natural ... appear . The 70 at the immigration has to be multiplied by 4 as the ratio of progression , and 64 generations as the ...
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... appear most obvious and weighty , and then to examine what they are really worth . In adopting this course we , no doubt , lay ourselves open to the cavil of resting the strength of our position on no better basis than a victory over ...
... appear most obvious and weighty , and then to examine what they are really worth . In adopting this course we , no doubt , lay ourselves open to the cavil of resting the strength of our position on no better basis than a victory over ...
Page 32
... appear the higher which rises from the less elevated plain . Supposing the average intellectual develop- ment in the time of Queen Elizabeth to be = 10 , that of the pre- 66 sent age will not be overrated at 20 ; so 32 GENERAL ...
... appear the higher which rises from the less elevated plain . Supposing the average intellectual develop- ment in the time of Queen Elizabeth to be = 10 , that of the pre- 66 sent age will not be overrated at 20 ; so 32 GENERAL ...
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Page 180 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Page 459 - The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.
Page 180 - Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God ; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth ; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Page 311 - I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises ; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory...
Page 55 - For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still; While words of learned length, and thund'ring sound, Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around — And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew.
Page 372 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 311 - ... this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 181 - For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
Page 62 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Page 61 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly.