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... readers will , probably , anticipate the observation , that , however intrinsically true and important these rules are , yet , in the application of them , especially of the first , third , and fifth , there will be great danger of ...
... readers will , probably , anticipate the observation , that , however intrinsically true and important these rules are , yet , in the application of them , especially of the first , third , and fifth , there will be great danger of ...
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... readers ; and it would have been easy for Dr. H. to adopt the method . The next and concluding part of the present volume is intitled , Elements of Sacred Geography . The author con- siders the site of paradise , the phænomenon and ...
... readers ; and it would have been easy for Dr. H. to adopt the method . The next and concluding part of the present volume is intitled , Elements of Sacred Geography . The author con- siders the site of paradise , the phænomenon and ...
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... reader will be at once grieved and astonished on reading the next paragraph , in which our author says , in so many words , But parliamentary interest is not always em- ployed in this manner ; it is sometimes exerted to obtain livings ...
... reader will be at once grieved and astonished on reading the next paragraph , in which our author says , in so many words , But parliamentary interest is not always em- ployed in this manner ; it is sometimes exerted to obtain livings ...
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... readers to be acquainted with the former ; and is it strange , if they embarrass those who are obliged , at the same time , to attend to the peculiar nature of the subject , and the meaning of terms and phrases , that is , obliged at ...
... readers to be acquainted with the former ; and is it strange , if they embarrass those who are obliged , at the same time , to attend to the peculiar nature of the subject , and the meaning of terms and phrases , that is , obliged at ...
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... reader of Simpson , Mac- laurin , Bossut , or Lacroix . But no such advantages are offered to the readers of the work before us . Here the ar- rangement is forced and unnatural ; there is no appearance of the lucid order ; and even the ...
... reader of Simpson , Mac- laurin , Bossut , or Lacroix . But no such advantages are offered to the readers of the work before us . Here the ar- rangement is forced and unnatural ; there is no appearance of the lucid order ; and even the ...
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Page 108 - ... sun. And behold a man bent with age coming from the way of the wilderness leaning on a staff. And Abraham arose, and met him, and said unto him, ' Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night ; and thou shall arise early in the morning, and go on thy way.' And the man said, 'Nay; for I will abide under this tree.