The Wonders of Nature and Providence, Displayed: Compiled from Authentic Sources, Both Ancient and Modern, Giving an Account of Various and Strange Phenomena Existing in Nature, of Travels, Adventures, Singular Providences, &cJ. Priest, 1825 - 600 էջ |
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... falling leaves and rubbish of the trees ; and so well co- vered , that it was some time before I distinctly perceived the head of this monster , distant from me not above sixteen feet , moving its forked tongue , while its eyes , from ...
... falling leaves and rubbish of the trees ; and so well co- vered , that it was some time before I distinctly perceived the head of this monster , distant from me not above sixteen feet , moving its forked tongue , while its eyes , from ...
Էջ 22
... falls into a kind of lethargic slum- ber , during which he is easily killed . Most authors of antiquity , and of the middle ages , thought that this was one of those serpents which could , with the greatest ease , turn themselves all ...
... falls into a kind of lethargic slum- ber , during which he is easily killed . Most authors of antiquity , and of the middle ages , thought that this was one of those serpents which could , with the greatest ease , turn themselves all ...
Էջ 24
... fall backward . " He supposes that the phrase strictly means , that the horse throws the rider off behind him : " and , " says he , " I should be curious to know how that is accomplished . Commen- tators commonly say , because the horse ...
... fall backward . " He supposes that the phrase strictly means , that the horse throws the rider off behind him : " and , " says he , " I should be curious to know how that is accomplished . Commen- tators commonly say , because the horse ...
Էջ 37
... the stone as high as my strength would permit , I measured so well its fall that , on throwing it down , it covered the toad entirely , and seemed to have crushed it to death . Horrible beast Nature and Providence . 37.
... the stone as high as my strength would permit , I measured so well its fall that , on throwing it down , it covered the toad entirely , and seemed to have crushed it to death . Horrible beast Nature and Providence . 37.
Էջ 40
... fall upon him with the utmost fury he was capable of , or allowed to take ; he ruined his fortunes , reduced him to misery , murdered his children , tor- mented him with boils and sores ; in short , left him nothing but poisherds , and ...
... fall upon him with the utmost fury he was capable of , or allowed to take ; he ruined his fortunes , reduced him to misery , murdered his children , tor- mented him with boils and sores ; in short , left him nothing but poisherds , and ...
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Էջ 132 - And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me ? And he said, Who art thou, Lord ? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest : it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Էջ 250 - And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, And shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, And gather together the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth.
Էջ 124 - Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire ? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Էջ 466 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Էջ 458 - As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Էջ 466 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Էջ 122 - And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD...
Էջ 128 - Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
Էջ 134 - And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks, and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
Էջ 120 - And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries ? And he said, Nay ; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come.