Dr. Livingstone' Cambridge Lectures: Together with a Prefatory Letter by Prof. Sedgwick |
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... reached , in the course of October last , the eastern snore of that most southern lake Nyassa , the southern border of which was reached by Dr Livingstone about the same time . We therefore have ample reason to expect the fullest ...
... reached , in the course of October last , the eastern snore of that most southern lake Nyassa , the southern border of which was reached by Dr Livingstone about the same time . We therefore have ample reason to expect the fullest ...
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... reached the years of manhood he made but slow progress . Some of their Chiefs were , however , won over to the truth . But while the greater number heard him with a kind of torpid apathy , they learnt to honour and trust him ; and they ...
... reached the years of manhood he made but slow progress . Some of their Chiefs were , however , won over to the truth . But while the greater number heard him with a kind of torpid apathy , they learnt to honour and trust him ; and they ...
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... reached the great river Zambesi . It was then that he became personally known to Sebituane , the conqueror and Chief of all the neighbouring country . He was everywhere received with fresh confidence and kindness . The report of his ...
... reached the great river Zambesi . It was then that he became personally known to Sebituane , the conqueror and Chief of all the neighbouring country . He was everywhere received with fresh confidence and kindness . The report of his ...
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... waggon of South Africa ) , he reached Linyanti , the capital of the Makololo , in May 1853. The Chapters in which he describes this long journey are among the most interesting of his Volume . LIVINGSTONE'S VARIED POWERS . 63.
... waggon of South Africa ) , he reached Linyanti , the capital of the Makololo , in May 1853. The Chapters in which he describes this long journey are among the most interesting of his Volume . LIVINGSTONE'S VARIED POWERS . 63.
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... reached two or three feet above the heads of those who were riding on the oxen ; and after crossing many clear streams which ooze out of the higher plains , and by their union form the last ramifications of the Kasai ( a supposed ...
... reached two or three feet above the heads of those who were riding on the oxen ; and after crossing many clear streams which ooze out of the higher plains , and by their union form the last ramifications of the Kasai ( a supposed ...
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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 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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