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Page 31
... seen would do so ? -the honest countryman would perhaps say , " I think they will . I don't know why ; but this was al- ways a good wheat - field - the ground has been well ploughed my master is an old farmer , and knows how to choose ...
... seen would do so ? -the honest countryman would perhaps say , " I think they will . I don't know why ; but this was al- ways a good wheat - field - the ground has been well ploughed my master is an old farmer , and knows how to choose ...
Page 44
... seen a small hammer driving in little rivets , and another hammer big enough to batter down a wall , weld- ing or joining large pieces of iron together by blows , which almost frightens one - in another place there is a lathe cutting ...
... seen a small hammer driving in little rivets , and another hammer big enough to batter down a wall , weld- ing or joining large pieces of iron together by blows , which almost frightens one - in another place there is a lathe cutting ...
Page 56
... seen at all . But it means that their thoughts and feelings were of the same kind as God's - that is , holy and good ; and that they did not wish to do anything that he would not like ; but wished to do all that he wanted them to do ...
... seen at all . But it means that their thoughts and feelings were of the same kind as God's - that is , holy and good ; and that they did not wish to do anything that he would not like ; but wished to do all that he wanted them to do ...
Page 58
... seen and heard and done there I could relate some strange stories . My companions were my brothers and the chil- dren of a few cottagers , who lived in the neighbour- hood and were employed upon my father's farm . The wood was the place ...
... seen and heard and done there I could relate some strange stories . My companions were my brothers and the chil- dren of a few cottagers , who lived in the neighbour- hood and were employed upon my father's farm . The wood was the place ...
Page 60
... seen , the poison rapidly spreads over the whole body ; and , although the manner in which this takes place cannot be perceived , the effect is soon visible in the death of the person so bitten . No wonder people are afraid of snakes ...
... seen , the poison rapidly spreads over the whole body ; and , although the manner in which this takes place cannot be perceived , the effect is soon visible in the death of the person so bitten . No wonder people are afraid of snakes ...
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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.