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Page 113
... succeeded to peni- tence ; he set a guard upon his words , spoke little , and always with caution and reserve ; and he soon found , by sweet experience , that truth is more easy and natural than falsehood . By degrees the love of it ...
... succeeded to peni- tence ; he set a guard upon his words , spoke little , and always with caution and reserve ; and he soon found , by sweet experience , that truth is more easy and natural than falsehood . By degrees the love of it ...
Page 166
... - tories , determined upon the conquest of a country that seemed to promise an easy triumph ; and he succeeded so far as to de feat the Britons in several engagements . Claudius Cæsar made a descent upon Britain , and subdued 166 HISTORY.
... - tories , determined upon the conquest of a country that seemed to promise an easy triumph ; and he succeeded so far as to de feat the Britons in several engagements . Claudius Cæsar made a descent upon Britain , and subdued 166 HISTORY.
Page 167
... , or Red , from the colour of his hair and florid complexion , was the second surviving son of William the Conqueror , and succeeded his father on the Eng- lish throne , September 27 , 1087 ; Robert , OF ENGLAND . 167.
... , or Red , from the colour of his hair and florid complexion , was the second surviving son of William the Conqueror , and succeeded his father on the Eng- lish throne , September 27 , 1087 ; Robert , OF ENGLAND . 167.
Page 168
... succeeded his uncle , Henry I. the 22d of December , 1135 , in the 31st year of his age . Henry had bequeathed his crown to Maud , his daughter , who asserted her claim , and Eng- land was torn by the rage of civil war ; but , in the ...
... succeeded his uncle , Henry I. the 22d of December , 1135 , in the 31st year of his age . Henry had bequeathed his crown to Maud , his daughter , who asserted her claim , and Eng- land was torn by the rage of civil war ; but , in the ...
Page 169
... succeeded his father , king John , the 28th of October , 1216 , when he was only nine years of age . Henry was a prince of mean talents , irresolute , capricious , insolent , arbitrary , and prodigal to excess , though destitute of ...
... succeeded his father , king John , the 28th of October , 1216 , when he was only nine years of age . Henry was a prince of mean talents , irresolute , capricious , insolent , arbitrary , and prodigal to excess , though destitute of ...
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Page 147 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him ; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
Page 77 - And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more ; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
Page 150 - And Joseph went up to bury his father : and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt...
Page 131 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 106 - The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand ; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.
Page 130 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 79 - It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him. Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
Page 131 - And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored ; and, lo, it is even in my sack : and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
Page 146 - And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one ; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
Page 117 - Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: and there shall arise after them seven years of famine...