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... whole carefully adapted to Practical Tuition consistent with the present advanced state of Knowledge . By SAMUEL MAUNDER . New Edition . 12mo . 58. bound . HELPS to ENGLISH GRAMMAR ; or , EASY EXERCISES for YOUNG CHILDREN . Illustrated ...
... whole carefully adapted to Practical Tuition consistent with the present advanced state of Knowledge . By SAMUEL MAUNDER . New Edition . 12mo . 58. bound . HELPS to ENGLISH GRAMMAR ; or , EASY EXERCISES for YOUNG CHILDREN . Illustrated ...
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... whole week ; and so I will at once leave them . " THE ANT AND THE DOVE .. brook haste doubt drop caught twinge thought fright dove shore snares close A POOR Ant who came to a brook to drink , stept so far in her haste that she fell in ...
... whole week ; and so I will at once leave them . " THE ANT AND THE DOVE .. brook haste doubt drop caught twinge thought fright dove shore snares close A POOR Ant who came to a brook to drink , stept so far in her haste that she fell in ...
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... whole into his mouth at once , and very gravely broke up the court . This fable teaches us , that it is better to put up with a trifling loss , than to run the risk of losing all we have , by going to law for trifles . THE LION AND THE ...
... whole into his mouth at once , and very gravely broke up the court . This fable teaches us , that it is better to put up with a trifling loss , than to run the risk of losing all we have , by going to law for trifles . THE LION AND THE ...
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... whole frame weakened ; and he could only bid his friend adieu in a few words , lamenting , that though pleasure may quicken the relish of life , yet too great indulgence must produce ruin . THE BEAUTIES OF THE CREATION . hea - vens won ...
... whole frame weakened ; and he could only bid his friend adieu in a few words , lamenting , that though pleasure may quicken the relish of life , yet too great indulgence must produce ruin . THE BEAUTIES OF THE CREATION . hea - vens won ...
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... whole ? Who biddeth the grass to spring up ; who watereth it at its due season ? Behold , the ox croppeth it ! The horse and the sheep , feed they not upon it ? Who is he that provideth for them , but the Lord ? of banor smo EDWARD THE ...
... whole ? Who biddeth the grass to spring up ; who watereth it at its due season ? Behold , the ox croppeth it ! The horse and the sheep , feed they not upon it ? Who is he that provideth for them , but the Lord ? of banor smo EDWARD THE ...
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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...