Sketches of the History of Man, Volume 1James Williams, 1779 |
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... ftate to its highest civilization and improvement . Above thirty years ago , I began to collect materials for that hiftory ; and in the vigour of youth , did not think the undertaking too bold even for a fingle hand : but in the ...
... ftate to its highest civilization and improvement . Above thirty years ago , I began to collect materials for that hiftory ; and in the vigour of youth , did not think the undertaking too bold even for a fingle hand : but in the ...
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... ftate ; but where his rays are " more fierce , he drains the body of moisture . In very " cold regions , where the moisture is not fucked up " by the heat , the body fucking in the dewy air , rifes " to a great fize , and has a deep ...
... ftate ; but where his rays are " more fierce , he drains the body of moisture . In very " cold regions , where the moisture is not fucked up " by the heat , the body fucking in the dewy air , rifes " to a great fize , and has a deep ...
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... ftate of nature , though there are few re- ftraints , there are alfo fewer temptations to vice ; " and the different tribes are doubtlefs fenfible , that " poifoned arrows in war would upon the whole do ર more mifchief than good ...
... ftate of nature , though there are few re- ftraints , there are alfo fewer temptations to vice ; " and the different tribes are doubtlefs fenfible , that " poifoned arrows in war would upon the whole do ર more mifchief than good ...
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... ftate ; Adain , as Mofes informs us , was endued by his Maker with an eminent degree of knowledge ; and he certainly muft have been an ex- cellent preceptor to his children and their progeny , among whom he lived many generations ...
... ftate ; Adain , as Mofes informs us , was endued by his Maker with an eminent degree of knowledge ; and he certainly muft have been an ex- cellent preceptor to his children and their progeny , among whom he lived many generations ...
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... ftate of hunt- ing and fishing . Thus , had not men wildly attempted to build a tower whofe top might reach to heaven , all men would not only have had the fame language , but would have made the fame progrefs toward maturity of ...
... ftate of hunt- ing and fishing . Thus , had not men wildly attempted to build a tower whofe top might reach to heaven , all men would not only have had the fame language , but would have made the fame progrefs toward maturity of ...
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Page 136 - And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
Page 140 - Elimelech's: and I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it : but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know : for there is none to redeem it beside thee ; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
Page 136 - And she said unto them : Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty : why call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
Page 140 - And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi. Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place : ye are witnesses this day.
Page 143 - Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon : and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel : and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
Page 137 - So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
Page 139 - ... howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I. Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well, let him do the kinsman's part; but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth: lie down until the morning.
Page 138 - So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest ; and dwelt with her mother in law.
Page 150 - High and mighty king, your grace, and these your nobles here present, may be pleased benignly to bow your ears to hear the tragedy of a young man, that by right ought to hold in his hand the ball of a kingdom ; but by fortune is made himself a ball, tossed from misery to misery, and from place to place.
Page 136 - Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them; have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.