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... becomes very fat . It often happens that he is drifted out from the coast on a floating field of ice ; and in this way Polar bears are often carried from the coast of Greenland to Iceland , where they commit such ravages on the flocks ...
... becomes very fat . It often happens that he is drifted out from the coast on a floating field of ice ; and in this way Polar bears are often carried from the coast of Greenland to Iceland , where they commit such ravages on the flocks ...
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... now break it off your neck , for I will assist you ; but let me depart without tearing it asunder , and it will become a band of iron which you never can loosen . ” Janet still hung her head . “ Janet , ” he continued , EARLY DAYS .
... now break it off your neck , for I will assist you ; but let me depart without tearing it asunder , and it will become a band of iron which you never can loosen . ” Janet still hung her head . “ Janet , ” he continued , EARLY DAYS .
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... become invisible : so she rested satisfied with the hope that it was only a delusion ; that she was entirely the controller of her own actions , and had still no master but the good shepherd . After this , Janet found other companions ...
... become invisible : so she rested satisfied with the hope that it was only a delusion ; that she was entirely the controller of her own actions , and had still no master but the good shepherd . After this , Janet found other companions ...
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devouring all the filth and carrion , which might otherwise cause the air to become pestilential . AUNT ELIZA ' S TRUE STORIES IN VERSE . STORY 1st . BREAD CAST ON THE WATERS . Dedicated to Charles Richard L . If ever you beheld a ...
devouring all the filth and carrion , which might otherwise cause the air to become pestilential . AUNT ELIZA ' S TRUE STORIES IN VERSE . STORY 1st . BREAD CAST ON THE WATERS . Dedicated to Charles Richard L . If ever you beheld a ...
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... becoming cool , gradually cools the air ; and this condenses the moisture , that is , separates it from the air , and causes it to descend in exceedingly small drops , and this is the dew . By a simple , yet wonderful contrivance of the ...
... becoming cool , gradually cools the air ; and this condenses the moisture , that is , separates it from the air , and causes it to descend in exceedingly small drops , and this is the dew . By a simple , yet wonderful contrivance of the ...
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Page 209 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 137 - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone ? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent ? or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ? " And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb.
Page 10 - But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever...
Page 89 - Upon this, the dial-plate (if we may credit the fable) changed countenance with alarm; the hands made a vain effort to continue their course; the wheels remained motionless with surprise; the weights hung speechless; each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. At length the dial instituted a formal inquiry as to the cause of the stagnation; when hands, wheels, weights, with one voice protested their innocence.
Page 91 - The dial could scarcely keep its countenance during this harangue ; but resuming its gravity, thus replied : " Dear Mr. Pendulum, I am really astonished that such a useful, industrious person as yourself should have been overcome by this sudden action.
Page 137 - Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Page 209 - And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
Page 92 - THE VOWELS We are little airy creatures, All of different voice and features; One of us in glass is set, One of us you'll find in jet. T'other you may see in tin, And the fourth a box within. If the fifth you should pursue, It can never fly from you.
Page 201 - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Page 141 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!