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... hour . But why did he do that ? By backing in this way , we shall surely back into the very well of truth : always , where it is possible , let us have the pourquoi of the pourquoi . The Roman went to bed early for two remarkable ...
... hour . But why did he do that ? By backing in this way , we shall surely back into the very well of truth : always , where it is possible , let us have the pourquoi of the pourquoi . The Roman went to bed early for two remarkable ...
Side 12
... hour of daylight had a triple worth , as valued against hours of darkness . That was one reason — a reason suggested by the understanding . But there was a second reason , far more remarkable ; and this was a reason suggested by a blind ...
... hour of daylight had a triple worth , as valued against hours of darkness . That was one reason — a reason suggested by the understanding . But there was a second reason , far more remarkable ; and this was a reason suggested by a blind ...
Side 17
... hour and so exact is he that he assumes the day to lie exactly between six and six o'clock , and to be divided into thirteen equal portions . So the time will be a few minutes before nine , or a few minutes before ten , in the forenoon ...
... hour and so exact is he that he assumes the day to lie exactly between six and six o'clock , and to be divided into thirteen equal portions . So the time will be a few minutes before nine , or a few minutes before ten , in the forenoon ...
Side 22
... hour from two to five , he insists on your taking tiffin , and such a tiffin ! The English corresponding term is luncheon : but how meagre a shadow is the European meal to its glowing Asiatic cousin ! Still , gloriously as tiffin shines ...
... hour from two to five , he insists on your taking tiffin , and such a tiffin ! The English corresponding term is luncheon : but how meagre a shadow is the European meal to its glowing Asiatic cousin ! Still , gloriously as tiffin shines ...
Side 24
... hour between ten A.M. and ten P.M. We have a list , well attested , of every successive hour between these limits having been the known established hour for the royal dinner - table within the last three hundred and fifty years . Time ...
... hour between ten A.M. and ten P.M. We have a list , well attested , of every successive hour between these limits having been the known established hour for the royal dinner - table within the last three hundred and fifty years . Time ...
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Side 143 - I am the Lord: that is my name: And my glory will I not give to another, Neither my praise to graven images.
Side 113 - They are eminent for fidelity, and are the ministers of peace; whatsoever they say also is firmer than an oath; but swearing is avoided by them, and they esteem it worse than perjury; for they say, that he who cannot be believed without [swearing by] God, is already condemned.
Side 69 - O NOW that the genius of Bewick were mine, And the skill which he learned on the banks of the Tyne, Then the Muses might deal with me just as they chose, For I'd take my last leave both of verse and of, prose. What feats would I work with my magical hand!
Side 154 - For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody ; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves : who was slain ; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.
Side 154 - After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
Side 36 - Is it a party in a parlour, Crammed just as they on earth were crammed, Some sipping punch — some sipping tea, But, as you by their faces see, All silent, and all damned ! Peter Bell, by W.
Side 114 - ... either of his own accord, or by the command of others; that he will always hate the wicked, and be assistant to the righteous, that he will ever show fidelity to all men; and especially to those in authority; because no one obtains the government without God's assistance...
Side 109 - Essens reject pleasures as an evil, but esteem continence, and the conquest over our passions, to be virtue. They neglect wedlock, but choose out other persons...
Side 113 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool...
Side 143 - ... and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, " This is the way, walk ye in it," when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.