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... lands after the famine ; nor when the Hebrews settled in Goshen ; nor when their oppression began , and the sanguinary edicts were published . * Though these were periods and transactions , during which had alphabetical letters existed ...
... lands after the famine ; nor when the Hebrews settled in Goshen ; nor when their oppression began , and the sanguinary edicts were published . * Though these were periods and transactions , during which had alphabetical letters existed ...
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... land - marks and pledges rather indicates also that the hero of this book lived after the time of Moses . It has also been said that there is ground for a presumption that the art of writing was known be- fore the time of Moses , in the ...
... land - marks and pledges rather indicates also that the hero of this book lived after the time of Moses . It has also been said that there is ground for a presumption that the art of writing was known be- fore the time of Moses , in the ...
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... land and their metropolis " the beauty of perfection , and the joy of the whole earth . " Never had the nation so favorable an opportunity of forming and execu- ting the noblest and most useful designs , and of extending its influence ...
... land and their metropolis " the beauty of perfection , and the joy of the whole earth . " Never had the nation so favorable an opportunity of forming and execu- ting the noblest and most useful designs , and of extending its influence ...
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... land . May we not then regard Judea as the birth place of letters ? Her language was a sort of universal language ; her central position had been reserved by the God of nations in his division of the earth , for the express purpose of ...
... land . May we not then regard Judea as the birth place of letters ? Her language was a sort of universal language ; her central position had been reserved by the God of nations in his division of the earth , for the express purpose of ...
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... land , " everywhere fruitful and luxuriant , and ripened already to a full harvest . Mountain , and meadow , and pure streams diver- sify and adorn its surface ; and at each step a mine is disclosed , yielding as it is explored , new ...
... land , " everywhere fruitful and luxuriant , and ripened already to a full harvest . Mountain , and meadow , and pure streams diver- sify and adorn its surface ; and at each step a mine is disclosed , yielding as it is explored , new ...
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