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... character in which he appears in the works of creation and providence . Nor are such expecta- tions disappointed or deceived . Infinite intelligence belongs to the Deity . We see it in his works , and we see it in his word . At the ...
... character in which he appears in the works of creation and providence . Nor are such expecta- tions disappointed or deceived . Infinite intelligence belongs to the Deity . We see it in his works , and we see it in his word . At the ...
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... character which prepares them to act well their part on the earth ; upon the happiness they en- joy in the present world , or upon the agency and power by which these desirable results are secured ; we shall be at no loss to see that ...
... character which prepares them to act well their part on the earth ; upon the happiness they en- joy in the present world , or upon the agency and power by which these desirable results are secured ; we shall be at no loss to see that ...
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... characters are only the Phoenician letters turned from right to left . " Authorities might be greatly multiplied to show that the Phoenicians spoke a dia- lect of the Hebrew . The Chaldee , Syriac , and Sa- maritan are also dialects of ...
... characters are only the Phoenician letters turned from right to left . " Authorities might be greatly multiplied to show that the Phoenicians spoke a dia- lect of the Hebrew . The Chaldee , Syriac , and Sa- maritan are also dialects of ...
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... character ; and they were both dialects of the Hebrew . The hypothesis , for it is a hypothesis merely , that the book of Job is older than the Pentateuch and was written in Arabic , seems indeed to countervail the position that the ...
... character ; and they were both dialects of the Hebrew . The hypothesis , for it is a hypothesis merely , that the book of Job is older than the Pentateuch and was written in Arabic , seems indeed to countervail the position that the ...
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... characters as multifarious as the different objects to be pointed out , it makes visible by the combination of a few elements of sound , every idea which the mind is capable of con- ceiving . From our familiarity with this art , it is ...
... characters as multifarious as the different objects to be pointed out , it makes visible by the combination of a few elements of sound , every idea which the mind is capable of con- ceiving . From our familiarity with this art , it is ...
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