The Visitor: Or, Monthly InstructorReligious Tract Society., 1840 - Christianity |
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... appearance , and then our considerate host made a most pathetic appeal on our behalf . Neighbour Williams , " said he , " these gentlemen have walked a long way , and come unexpectedly to see the Abbey . It is a sad awkward time of the ...
... appearance , and then our considerate host made a most pathetic appeal on our behalf . Neighbour Williams , " said he , " these gentlemen have walked a long way , and come unexpectedly to see the Abbey . It is a sad awkward time of the ...
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... appearance , which the present truly magnificent edi- fice possesses . wonder . What a pigmy I am , compared to this stupendous structure , which is itself but a speck in creation ! The op- pressive vastness of the church is in- creased ...
... appearance , which the present truly magnificent edi- fice possesses . wonder . What a pigmy I am , compared to this stupendous structure , which is itself but a speck in creation ! The op- pressive vastness of the church is in- creased ...
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... appearance again in smaller numbers , on every fine warm day , until the severe cold of the depth of winter finally destroys the greater part of them . The same impulse of hunger equally ac- counts for the appearance of the pipis ...
... appearance again in smaller numbers , on every fine warm day , until the severe cold of the depth of winter finally destroys the greater part of them . The same impulse of hunger equally ac- counts for the appearance of the pipis ...
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... appearance of being grooved ; the bark is thin , smooth , and peels off every year , being replaced by a fresh layer . The leaves are very narrow , and closely arranged in a double row on the branches . The berry forms a bright scarlet ...
... appearance of being grooved ; the bark is thin , smooth , and peels off every year , being replaced by a fresh layer . The leaves are very narrow , and closely arranged in a double row on the branches . The berry forms a bright scarlet ...
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... appearance of ebony . Several large yew trees formerly grew on Boxhill ; they were cut down about the close of the last century , and sold to the cabinet makers at a high price : half of one of them fetched fifty pounds . The yew is now ...
... appearance of ebony . Several large yew trees formerly grew on Boxhill ; they were cut down about the close of the last century , and sold to the cabinet makers at a high price : half of one of them fetched fifty pounds . The yew is now ...
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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.