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... us yesterday . The ground was then parched with a long drought ; the flow- ers hid their drooping heads ; no fra- grant odours were perceived ; and ve- getation what getation feemed to cease . To cause must we 20 TALES . MORAL.
... us yesterday . The ground was then parched with a long drought ; the flow- ers hid their drooping heads ; no fra- grant odours were perceived ; and ve- getation what getation feemed to cease . To cause must we 20 TALES . MORAL.
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Thomas Percival. what getation feemed to cease . To cause must we impute the revival of na- ture --- To the rain which fell this morn- ing , replied Alexis , with a modeft confu- fion . He was ftruck with the selfishness and folly of his ...
Thomas Percival. what getation feemed to cease . To cause must we impute the revival of na- ture --- To the rain which fell this morn- ing , replied Alexis , with a modeft confu- fion . He was ftruck with the selfishness and folly of his ...
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... cause of such a wonderful appearance . He informed them that the wind blowing upon water which is covered with a coat of oil , flides over the furface of it , and produces no friction that can raise a wave . But this curious philo ...
... cause of such a wonderful appearance . He informed them that the wind blowing upon water which is covered with a coat of oil , flides over the furface of it , and produces no friction that can raise a wave . But this curious philo ...
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... cause of liberty and the rights of mankind : And his power is exerted to punish the guilty , to protect the innocent , to reward the good , and to dif- tribute justice with an equal hand to all . I feel the affection of a brother for ...
... cause of liberty and the rights of mankind : And his power is exerted to punish the guilty , to protect the innocent , to reward the good , and to dif- tribute justice with an equal hand to all . I feel the affection of a brother for ...
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... cause ; but their most durable one was grey , or rather a pale mouse colour . Sometimes the animals were of a beautiful green , spotted with yellow ; at other times they were marked marked all over with dark brown ; but he never 90 ...
... cause ; but their most durable one was grey , or rather a pale mouse colour . Sometimes the animals were of a beautiful green , spotted with yellow ; at other times they were marked marked all over with dark brown ; but he never 90 ...
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Página 142 - And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Página 142 - And he said, My son shall not go down with you ; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone ; if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Página 142 - 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.
Página 142 - 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.
Página 142 - Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way : and thus did he unto them.
Página 145 - And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste, and bring down my father hither.
Página 145 - And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen; and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast. And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of famine,) lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Página xxiv - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Página 93 - I'll lay my life the thing is blue." "And I'll be sworn, that when you've seen The reptile, you'll pronounce him green." "Well, then, at once to ease the doubt," Replies the man, "I'll turn him out; And when before your eyes I've set him, If you don't find him black, I'll eat him...
Página 12 - Yon house, erected on the rising ground, With tempting aspect drew me from my road ; For plenty there a residence has found, And grandeur a magnificent abode. Hard is the fate of the...