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... destroy man , but Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord . Gen. vi . 1 . Notwithstanding the awful warning of the des- truction of the earth by the flood , we find the descendants of this just man guilty of idolatry , that Rachael ...
... destroy man , but Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord . Gen. vi . 1 . Notwithstanding the awful warning of the des- truction of the earth by the flood , we find the descendants of this just man guilty of idolatry , that Rachael ...
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... destroyed the regularity of its mouth . 355 Danaw when her barbarous sons . Danubus , a celebrated river , the greatest in Europe , which rises near the town Pyrene , in the country of the Celtae , and after flowing through the greatest ...
... destroyed the regularity of its mouth . 355 Danaw when her barbarous sons . Danubus , a celebrated river , the greatest in Europe , which rises near the town Pyrene , in the country of the Celtae , and after flowing through the greatest ...
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... of England , repaired it . A. D. 1192 466 And Accaron . A city on the south of Gath , built on unfruitful soil . 466 Gaza . Here Sampson destroyed the Temple of Dagon , a city of treasure , because Cambyses , king of 19.
... of England , repaired it . A. D. 1192 466 And Accaron . A city on the south of Gath , built on unfruitful soil . 466 Gaza . Here Sampson destroyed the Temple of Dagon , a city of treasure , because Cambyses , king of 19.
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... destroyed by fire and brim- stone from heaven , for their wickedness . 508 Th ' Ionian Gods . The Greeks were called Iones , from Javan ; and Greeks , from Gracchus , one of their ancient kings . 508 Of Javan's issue held . Javan was ...
... destroyed by fire and brim- stone from heaven , for their wickedness . 508 Th ' Ionian Gods . The Greeks were called Iones , from Javan ; and Greeks , from Gracchus , one of their ancient kings . 508 Of Javan's issue held . Javan was ...
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... destroyed several times . It was customary for those who consulted the oracle , to make rich presents to the god of Delphi ; and no monarch distinguished himself more , by his donations , than Croesus . This sacred repository of ...
... destroyed several times . It was customary for those who consulted the oracle , to make rich presents to the god of Delphi ; and no monarch distinguished himself more , by his donations , than Croesus . This sacred repository of ...
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