Works: The testimony of the rocks1865 |
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... lands will mourn over the incompleted project which , however ably it may hereafter be accomplished by another , it were vain to hope shall ever be so accomplished as it should have been by one who united in himself the power of ...
... lands will mourn over the incompleted project which , however ably it may hereafter be accomplished by another , it were vain to hope shall ever be so accomplished as it should have been by one who united in himself the power of ...
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... land ; and is on its way , through a hundred channels , to the west , to the east , and to the south , carrying with it mourning and lamentation throughout the vast area which is covered by the language in which Hugh Miller wrote ...
... land ; and is on its way , through a hundred channels , to the west , to the east , and to the south , carrying with it mourning and lamentation throughout the vast area which is covered by the language in which Hugh Miller wrote ...
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... land , that she was the grand palladium of the country's liberties , - that while she stood an independent and free institution , the people stood an independent and free nation , and that bonds to her meant slavery to them . Therefore ...
... land , that she was the grand palladium of the country's liberties , - that while she stood an independent and free institution , the people stood an independent and free nation , and that bonds to her meant slavery to them . Therefore ...
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... land , and so fixing them in the understandings of the very humblest of our people , that they never afterwards could be either misunderstood or forgotten ! It was thus that the way was prepared for the great result of the 18th of May ...
... land , and so fixing them in the understandings of the very humblest of our people , that they never afterwards could be either misunderstood or forgotten ! It was thus that the way was prepared for the great result of the 18th of May ...
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... land , attracted the attention of the leaders of the party who now form the Free Church , and they invited him to be editor of the Witness newspaper , then about to be established for the advocacy of their principles . Mr. Miller had ...
... land , attracted the attention of the leaders of the party who now form the Free Church , and they invited him to be editor of the Witness newspaper , then about to be established for the advocacy of their principles . Mr. Miller had ...
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Page 229 - Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written; Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Page 37 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 138 - So careful of the type?' but no. From scarped cliff and quarried stone She cries, 'A thousand types are gone: I care for nothing, all shall go. Thou makest thine appeal to me: I bring to life, I bring to death: The spirit does but mean the breath: I know no more.
Page 233 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens...
Page 262 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 225 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ? And one of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore ; ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 138 - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
Page 198 - said God ; and forthwith Light Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure, Sprung from the Deep, and from her native East To journey through the aery gloom began, Sphered in a radiant cloud — for yet the Sun Was not; she in a cloudy tabernacle Sojourned the while.
Page 210 - Sing heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...