Dr. Livingstone' Cambridge Lectures: Together with a Prefatory Letter by Prof. Sedgwick |
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... look forward with joyous anticipation to my arrival in my native 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 ...
... look forward with joyous anticipation to my arrival in my native 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 ...
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... look upon Englishmen as perhaps the most freedom - loving people in the world , and I think that the kindly feeling which has been displayed towards me , since my return to my native land , has arisen from the belief that my efforts ...
... look upon Englishmen as perhaps the most freedom - loving people in the world , and I think that the kindly feeling which has been displayed towards me , since my return to my native land , has arisen from the belief that my efforts ...
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... look for counsel in any times of difficulty , and to whose eloquence and influence we might look for protection in an hour of danger . On none of the public festivals , to which I SENATE - HOUSE MEETING . 53.
... look for counsel in any times of difficulty , and to whose eloquence and influence we might look for protection in an hour of danger . On none of the public festivals , to which I SENATE - HOUSE MEETING . 53.
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... look for mi- racles in the natural world ; and no great tasks ( those espe- cially that are employed in changing the habits and opinions of men , in influencing their lives , and in leading them from . evil to good ) can ever be well ...
... look for mi- racles in the natural world ; and no great tasks ( those espe- cially that are employed in changing the habits and opinions of men , in influencing their lives , and in leading them from . evil to good ) can ever be well ...
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... look for a great production of food where there are no roads for its conveyance to a distant market . The whole economy of the Province was vitiated by the long continuance of the foreign slave - trade . The great proprietors came to ...
... look for a great production of food where there are no roads for its conveyance to a distant market . The whole economy of the Province was vitiated by the long continuance of the foreign slave - trade . The great proprietors came to ...
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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!
Page 316 - And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand.
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.
Page 343 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
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.
Page 334 - For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you : for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ...