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... leaf , " 361 Weakness of human resolution , 192 Wine press , the , 337 Winter an emblem of death , 460 Working class in town and country , 72 YEW , the , 50 longevity of the , 151 ОР Page Page ANCIENT two - horse Chariot , designed.
... leaf , " 361 Weakness of human resolution , 192 Wine press , the , 337 Winter an emblem of death , 460 Working class in town and country , 72 YEW , the , 50 longevity of the , 151 ОР Page Page ANCIENT two - horse Chariot , designed.
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... Leaves three or five lobed , re- gular , smooth , and glossy . Flowers white in lateral corymbs . Thorns small , awl shaped . Blooms in May or June . How many early and pleasurable as- sociations does the sight of this tree revive ! How ...
... Leaves three or five lobed , re- gular , smooth , and glossy . Flowers white in lateral corymbs . Thorns small , awl shaped . Blooms in May or June . How many early and pleasurable as- sociations does the sight of this tree revive ! How ...
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... leaves the silver whitethorn shows Its dewy blossoms , pure as mountain snows . " Then , as the petals expand their concave milk - white segments , crowned with the dark tipped anthers , like so many rays surmounting a pearly coronet ...
... leaves the silver whitethorn shows Its dewy blossoms , pure as mountain snows . " Then , as the petals expand their concave milk - white segments , crowned with the dark tipped anthers , like so many rays surmounting a pearly coronet ...
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... leaves are good fodder for cattle . The berries , as we have seen , form a main supply in winter for the wants of the feathered tribes ; they are also used medicinally , and in some parts of France a fermented liquor , of a very ...
... leaves are good fodder for cattle . The berries , as we have seen , form a main supply in winter for the wants of the feathered tribes ; they are also used medicinally , and in some parts of France a fermented liquor , of a very ...
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... leaves and flowers in a year : it comes into leaf for the second time late in the autumn , and blooms in the course of the winter . As for the staff being trans- formed into a tree , that is by no means so doubtful as that Joseph of ...
... leaves and flowers in a year : it comes into leaf for the second time late in the autumn , and blooms in the course of the winter . As for the staff being trans- formed into a tree , that is by no means so doubtful as that Joseph of ...
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Page 63 - Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Page 144 - For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Page 326 - A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you : and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Page 266 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Page 71 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power ; only upon himself put not forth thine hand.
Page 268 - For why? the Lord our God is good, His mercy is for ever sure ; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure.
Page 393 - I, even I, am he that comforteth you : who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass ; 13 And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth...
Page 35 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings; so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Page 366 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 35 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.