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Page 7
... sometimes im- practicable . The Chinese , that they may gather the leaves , make use of a singular stratagem . بوعيا TEISO 90 THE TEA PLANT . These declivities are often the habitations of mon- keys , whom they mock and imitate , till ...
... sometimes im- practicable . The Chinese , that they may gather the leaves , make use of a singular stratagem . بوعيا TEISO 90 THE TEA PLANT . These declivities are often the habitations of mon- keys , whom they mock and imitate , till ...
Page 33
... sometimes made into a pudding . The tree itself is serviceable : cloth is made of its bark ; and its wood is considered very good for boats , houses , and many purposes . There are numerous substitutes for bread used by the inhabitants ...
... sometimes made into a pudding . The tree itself is serviceable : cloth is made of its bark ; and its wood is considered very good for boats , houses , and many purposes . There are numerous substitutes for bread used by the inhabitants ...
Page 43
... sometimes , in this way ; as well as kill themselves by this gradual but deadly poison . What a pity , that man should try and in- jure the power which God has given him , just for the sake of a few moments of what he calls enjoy- ment ...
... sometimes , in this way ; as well as kill themselves by this gradual but deadly poison . What a pity , that man should try and in- jure the power which God has given him , just for the sake of a few moments of what he calls enjoy- ment ...
Page 52
... dislike in Sarah Smith may sometimes , if not very often , be found in you . Where have you been this morning ? " " Oh ! I have been such a beautiful walk with Sarah Smith ; and if she had not put me 52 THE GOODNESS AND.
... dislike in Sarah Smith may sometimes , if not very often , be found in you . Where have you been this morning ? " " Oh ! I have been such a beautiful walk with Sarah Smith ; and if she had not put me 52 THE GOODNESS AND.
Page 55
... sometimes reminds us that we must fade away too - that we must wither and die , or , perhaps , that some illness may destroy us before the time , as the insects and worms do the flowers ; and then we feel afraid we are not fit to die ...
... sometimes reminds us that we must fade away too - that we must wither and die , or , perhaps , that some illness may destroy us before the time , as the insects and worms do the flowers ; and then we feel afraid we are not fit to die ...
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Popular passages
Page 334 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Page 331 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost,' being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Page 31 - And He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Page 104 - My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse...
Page 327 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Page 327 - T'HERE is a happy land, *• Far, far away, Where saints in glory stand, Bright, bright as day. Oh, how they sweetly sing, Worthy is our Saviour King, Loud let His praises ring — Praise, praise for aye.
Page 316 - Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
Page 218 - Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
Page 285 - Sirs, why do ye these things ? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein ; who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
Page 209 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.