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... ground over which they crossed was strewn with mutilated bodies , they fought their way to the top of the breach , and for four hours maintained their position . At this crisis , not only the knights , but the citizens , men , wo- men ...
... ground over which they crossed was strewn with mutilated bodies , they fought their way to the top of the breach , and for four hours maintained their position . At this crisis , not only the knights , but the citizens , men , wo- men ...
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... ground to the last . No fresh assault was made until the 1st . of September , when the Janissaries endeav- oured again to take possession of the breach ; but their attempts were frustrated by the courage of their adversaries , and after ...
... ground to the last . No fresh assault was made until the 1st . of September , when the Janissaries endeav- oured again to take possession of the breach ; but their attempts were frustrated by the courage of their adversaries , and after ...
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... ground . According to an article on the fine arts in Malta , inserted in the Malta Gov- ernment Gazette of May 2nd . 1838 , the height of Ponsonby's Pillar is seventy - one feet . Among the wonderful monuments which are so largely ...
... ground . According to an article on the fine arts in Malta , inserted in the Malta Gov- ernment Gazette of May 2nd . 1838 , the height of Ponsonby's Pillar is seventy - one feet . Among the wonderful monuments which are so largely ...
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... ground Various admeasurements have been given of the dimensions of Pompey's Pillar ; the following , however were taken by a gentleman who assisted in the operation of ascending : - Feet In 10 4 . 67 7 20 11 Whole height 98 10 99 ...
... ground Various admeasurements have been given of the dimensions of Pompey's Pillar ; the following , however were taken by a gentleman who assisted in the operation of ascending : - Feet In 10 4 . 67 7 20 11 Whole height 98 10 99 ...
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... ground colour of the boa constrictor is yellowish- grey , with a large chesnut - coloured inter- rupted chain , extending down the back from the head to the tip of the tail , and sub - trigonal spots down the sides . The name ...
... ground colour of the boa constrictor is yellowish- grey , with a large chesnut - coloured inter- rupted chain , extending down the back from the head to the tip of the tail , and sub - trigonal spots down the sides . The name ...
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Page 79 - And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Page 212 - Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) 2.
Page 164 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low : And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 168 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom : a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Page 260 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 48 - Like to the falling of a star; Or as the flights of eagles are; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue; Or silver drops of morning dew; Or like a wind that chafes the flood; Or bubbles which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and paid to night. The wind blows out; the bubble dies; The spring entombed in autumn lies; The dew dries up; the star is shot; The flight is past; and man forgot.
Page 39 - The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Page 240 - Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, — Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore.
Page 87 - And when it was day, they knew not the land : but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
Page 130 - ROCK of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee ! Let the water and the blood, From Thy riven side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Cleanse me from its guilt and power.