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... is the series of Roman emperors , from Julius Caesar to Gallienus , which is almost complete . The celebrated Venus of Medici , the standard of taste in female beauty THE WONDERFUL CLOCK AT STRASBURG . 3 and proportion , JANUARY .
... is the series of Roman emperors , from Julius Caesar to Gallienus , which is almost complete . The celebrated Venus of Medici , the standard of taste in female beauty THE WONDERFUL CLOCK AT STRASBURG . 3 and proportion , JANUARY .
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THE WONDERFUL CLOCK AT STRASBURG . 3 and proportion , is in a room called the Tribunal ; it is of white marble , and ascribed to Cleomenes , an Athenian , the son of Apollodorus . Here also are other masterpieces of sculpture , said to ...
THE WONDERFUL CLOCK AT STRASBURG . 3 and proportion , is in a room called the Tribunal ; it is of white marble , and ascribed to Cleomenes , an Athenian , the son of Apollodorus . Here also are other masterpieces of sculpture , said to ...
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This plant , wonderful in the formation of the seed - cases , grows in patches about half an inch high . In autumn , and early in winter , it is of a vivid green , then shining and silvery white , especially when dry .
This plant , wonderful in the formation of the seed - cases , grows in patches about half an inch high . In autumn , and early in winter , it is of a vivid green , then shining and silvery white , especially when dry .
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The minute leaves of this plant , which to our naked eyesight do not look particularly wonderful , become astonishing objects under the glass . They seem as if covered with the finest net - work , and the seed - cases show teeth and ...
The minute leaves of this plant , which to our naked eyesight do not look particularly wonderful , become astonishing objects under the glass . They seem as if covered with the finest net - work , and the seed - cases show teeth and ...
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And besides the wonderful formation of mosses , surely , young readers , there is a great deal of gentle senti- ment connected with them , is there not ? Think how beauteous they render our country walks , and then pause in thought by ...
And besides the wonderful formation of mosses , surely , young readers , there is a great deal of gentle senti- ment connected with them , is there not ? Think how beauteous they render our country walks , and then pause in thought by ...
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Page 101 - And there came also Nicodemus which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
Page 153 - And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
Page 101 - Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have holden, To subdue nations before him ; And I will loose the loins of kings, To open before him the two-leaved gates ; And the gates shall not be shut...
Page 266 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly ; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh : but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly ; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter ; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 299 - Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham ; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
Page 261 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which, I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me: I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold; as he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper.
Page 242 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 300 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust : for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Page 15 - By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: for this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Page 131 - The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
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| Title | The Juvenile instructor and companion, Volumes 20-21 |
| Author | Young people |
| Published | 1869 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 22 Jan 2007 |
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