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... tion here is thought to exceed 10,000 , among which there are counted about 150 Christian families , and 20 Jewish ones . The language of the people is Turkish , the Mahommedans speaking no other , and the Chris- tians only ...
... tion here is thought to exceed 10,000 , among which there are counted about 150 Christian families , and 20 Jewish ones . The language of the people is Turkish , the Mahommedans speaking no other , and the Chris- tians only ...
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... tion he remarked that a star , which had been recorded by former astronomers as a fixed star , was gradually changing its position ; and after much attention he was enabled to ascertain that it was an undiscovered planet . He ...
... tion he remarked that a star , which had been recorded by former astronomers as a fixed star , was gradually changing its position ; and after much attention he was enabled to ascertain that it was an undiscovered planet . He ...
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... tion the university of Maryland , whose medical school is one of the most celebrated in the country , and the Catholic college of St. Mary's , a well endowed institu- tion , with a library of 10,000 volumes . There are about 40 places ...
... tion the university of Maryland , whose medical school is one of the most celebrated in the country , and the Catholic college of St. Mary's , a well endowed institu- tion , with a library of 10,000 volumes . There are about 40 places ...
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... tion . It appears , from numerous observations that va- rious changes are occasionally taking place in the re- gions of the stars . Several stars have appeared for a while in the heavens , and then vanished from the sight . Some stars ...
... tion . It appears , from numerous observations that va- rious changes are occasionally taking place in the re- gions of the stars . Several stars have appeared for a while in the heavens , and then vanished from the sight . Some stars ...
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... tion of monks and nuns amounted to fifty , and there were besides a great many chapels and churches of extraordinary magnificence . All of these were de- stroyed . There are still , however , several beautiful churches , some of which ...
... tion of monks and nuns amounted to fifty , and there were besides a great many chapels and churches of extraordinary magnificence . All of these were de- stroyed . There are still , however , several beautiful churches , some of which ...
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Sida 29 - Thou shalt ° not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Sida 348 - And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Sida 180 - Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green, So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Sida 226 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up, and thrust Him out of the city, and led Him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast Him down headlong.
Sida 210 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears ; soft stillness, and the night, Become the touches of swedt harmony.
Sida 140 - It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves ; springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
Sida 144 - If Thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned; and know that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy.
Sida 57 - Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow ? or will he harrow the valleys after thee...
Sida 210 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Sida 403 - It is a happy world after all. The air, the earth, the water, teem with delighted existence. In a spring noon, or a summer evening, on whichever side I turn my eyes, myriads of happy beings crowd upon my view. " The insect youth are on the wing.