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... whereby the author is much injured ; it cannot be denied but he hath past over many hard places untouched , that might deserve a note ; that he hath made annotations on some , where no need was ; in the explication of others hath gone ...
... whereby the author is much injured ; it cannot be denied but he hath past over many hard places untouched , that might deserve a note ; that he hath made annotations on some , where no need was ; in the explication of others hath gone ...
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... whereby to promote my invention , or relieve my memory ; and therefore there might be many real lapses therein , which others might take notice of , and more than I suspected myself . It was set down many years past , and was the sense ...
... whereby to promote my invention , or relieve my memory ; and therefore there might be many real lapses therein , which others might take notice of , and more than I suspected myself . It was set down many years past , and was the sense ...
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... whereby , the low and abject condition of the person by whom , so good a work was set on foot , which in our adver- 3 This verse is inserted from the MS . L.-Ed. 4 ... a geography of religion ] That is , of Christian religion , which ...
... whereby , the low and abject condition of the person by whom , so good a work was set on foot , which in our adver- 3 This verse is inserted from the MS . L.-Ed. 4 ... a geography of religion ] That is , of Christian religion , which ...
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... whereby , and the abject condition of the person by whom , the work of reformation of religion was set on foot.-K. 7 .... shaken hands with .... as to stand in diameter and sword's point with them . ] These words are rendered by Mr ...
... whereby , and the abject condition of the person by whom , the work of reformation of religion was set on foot.-K. 7 .... shaken hands with .... as to stand in diameter and sword's point with them . ] These words are rendered by Mr ...
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... whereby I could scarce contain my prayers for a friend at the ringing of a bell , or behold his corpse without an ... whereby I could ] Instead of this clause I find the following , in the Edts . 1642 and MSS . W. L. & R .; viz . “ an ...
... whereby I could scarce contain my prayers for a friend at the ringing of a bell , or behold his corpse without an ... whereby I could ] Instead of this clause I find the following , in the Edts . 1642 and MSS . W. L. & R .; viz . “ an ...
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Page 206 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Page 205 - And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Page 509 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Page 197 - But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
Page 277 - Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Page 112 - I am no way facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardize of /company; yet in one dream I can compose a whole comedy, behold the action, apprehend the jests, and laugh myself awake at the conceits thereof.
Page 9 - ... tis therefore far better to enjoy her with peace than to hazard her on a battle.
Page 110 - The earth is a point not only in respect of the heavens above us, but of that heavenly and celestial part within us. That mass of flesh that circumscribes me limits not my mind. That surface that tells the heavens it hath an end cannot persuade me I have any.
Page 5 - I could never hear the Ave Maria bell without an elevation ; or think it a sufficient warrant, because they erred in one circumstance, for me to err in all — that is, in silence and dumb contempt. Whilst, therefore, they directed their devotions to her, I offered mine to God, and rectified the errors of their prayers by rightly ordering mine own.
Page 441 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind; and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.