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... to see thee old , O ! may'st thou then in me behold , Whate'er thy fondest hopes foretold , My Mother . And may that Pow'r which rules above , The wish D 6 BLAIR'S READING EXERCISES . 59 At length, when pain had fled away, ...
... to see thee old , O ! may'st thou then in me behold , Whate'er thy fondest hopes foretold , My Mother . And may that Pow'r which rules above , The wish D 6 BLAIR'S READING EXERCISES . 59 At length, when pain had fled away, ...
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... thou wert always good and kind , And I could speak to thee my mind , Sweet solace from thy lips to find , O ! may I live to see thee rise To man's estate , rever'd and wise , To glad thy friends ' delighted eyes , My Brother . My ...
... thou wert always good and kind , And I could speak to thee my mind , Sweet solace from thy lips to find , O ! may I live to see thee rise To man's estate , rever'd and wise , To glad thy friends ' delighted eyes , My Brother . My ...
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... thou wert always kind to me , And it will my ambition be , To prove a faithful friend to thee , My Sister . My Sister , To guard from hurt thy tender frame , To shield thy lov'd and spotless name , And be the champion of thy fame , O ...
... thou wert always kind to me , And it will my ambition be , To prove a faithful friend to thee , My Sister . My Sister , To guard from hurt thy tender frame , To shield thy lov'd and spotless name , And be the champion of thy fame , O ...
Page 77
... thou indeed have dominion over us ? " And they hated him yet the more for his dreams , and for his words . And he dreamed yet another dream and told it his brethren , and said , " I have dreamed a dream more ; and behold , the sun and ...
... thou indeed have dominion over us ? " And they hated him yet the more for his dreams , and for his words . And he dreamed yet another dream and told it his brethren , and said , " I have dreamed a dream more ; and behold , the sun and ...
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... thou ? " And he said , " I seek my brethren : tell me , I pray thee , where they feed their flocks . " And the man said , " They are departed hence : for I heard them say , Let us go to Dothan . " And Joseph went after his brethren ...
... thou ? " And he said , " I seek my brethren : tell me , I pray thee , where they feed their flocks . " And the man said , " They are departed hence : for I heard them say , Let us go to Dothan . " And Joseph went after his brethren ...
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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...