Dr. Livingstone' Cambridge Lectures: Together with a Prefatory Letter by Prof. Sedgwick |
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... lands , crossed , and dangers on all hands overcome . Nearly every day subsist- ence had to be obtained by hunting , or received as presents from the natives . His most usual way of travelling was in a waggon , walking , in canoes , or ...
... lands , crossed , and dangers on all hands overcome . Nearly every day subsist- ence had to be obtained by hunting , or received as presents from the natives . His most usual way of travelling was in a waggon , walking , in canoes , or ...
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... land ; but when I remember how I have been received , and when I reflect that I am now again returning to the scene of my former labours , I am at a loss how to express in words the feelings of my heart . In former times , while I was ...
... land ; but when I remember how I have been received , and when I reflect that I am now again returning to the scene of my former labours , I am at a loss how to express in words the feelings of my heart . In former times , while I was ...
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... my return to my native land , has arisen from the belief that my efforts might at some future time tend to put an end to the odious traffic in slaves . England has , unfortunately , been compelled to 22 LIFE OF DR LIVINGSTONE .
... my return to my native land , has arisen from the belief that my efforts might at some future time tend to put an end to the odious traffic in slaves . England has , unfortunately , been compelled to 22 LIFE OF DR LIVINGSTONE .
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... land . Reference has been made in language most kind to Mrs Livingstone . Now , it is scarcely fair to ask a man to praise his own wife , but I can only say that when I left her at the Cape , telling her that I should return in two ...
... land . Reference has been made in language most kind to Mrs Livingstone . Now , it is scarcely fair to ask a man to praise his own wife , but I can only say that when I left her at the Cape , telling her that I should return in two ...
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... land on the left bank but were prevented from going far by swamps . On the right bank they found the ground firmer at a place " where ( he writes ) we had seen the footprints of some natives , but we did not succeed in finding any paths ...
... land on the left bank but were prevented from going far by swamps . On the right bank they found the ground firmer at a place " where ( he writes ) we had seen the footprints of some natives , but we did not succeed in finding any paths ...
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Page 322 - After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands ; And cried with a loud voice ; saying; Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Page 318 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
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Page 302 - Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
Page 224 - For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Page 325 - A man's heart deviseth his way : but the LORD directeth his steps.
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Page 227 - All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the LORD'S : and he is the governor among the nations.
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