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... supposed that the Lily of the Valley is here referred to by our Lord . There is however no doubt that this supposition is erroneous . Yet to those who have never trod " those holy fields " where the lesson was delivered , the Lily of ...
... supposed that the Lily of the Valley is here referred to by our Lord . There is however no doubt that this supposition is erroneous . Yet to those who have never trod " those holy fields " where the lesson was delivered , the Lily of ...
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... supposed to be the name of the cultivated tree , and which yields the Almonds so much prized by us for various purposes , occurs first in Eccl . xii . 5 , where we have a most touching description of the imbecility of old age . In this ...
... supposed to be the name of the cultivated tree , and which yields the Almonds so much prized by us for various purposes , occurs first in Eccl . xii . 5 , where we have a most touching description of the imbecility of old age . In this ...
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... supposed to be formed from Kabar , its Arabic name . comprises , " says Mr. Loudon , shrubs , some of which produce berrries and others pods . " C. spinosa , which is figured in our group , grows very much in the manner of our common ...
... supposed to be formed from Kabar , its Arabic name . comprises , " says Mr. Loudon , shrubs , some of which produce berrries and others pods . " C. spinosa , which is figured in our group , grows very much in the manner of our common ...
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... supposed that the barley was in ear , and the wheat not above ground , as our version seems to imply ; for this is contrary to known fact , as to the different kinds of grain in those countries . " But we learn from Dr. Pococke , that ...
... supposed that the barley was in ear , and the wheat not above ground , as our version seems to imply ; for this is contrary to known fact , as to the different kinds of grain in those countries . " But we learn from Dr. Pococke , that ...
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... supposed to be an harlot , seems to have been in fact a tavern- keeper , an occupation not at all uncommon for this sex in the East . Herodotus says that , " among the Egypt- ians , the women carry on all commercial concerns , and keep ...
... supposed to be an harlot , seems to have been in fact a tavern- keeper , an occupation not at all uncommon for this sex in the East . Herodotus says that , " among the Egypt- ians , the women carry on all commercial concerns , and keep ...
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Page 89 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Page 135 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Page 23 - ... when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low, also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail...
Page 150 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys : I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 10 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 178 - Who would have thought my shrivel'd heart Could have recover'd greenness ? It was gone Quite under ground ; as flowers depart To see their mother-root, when they have blown ; Where they together, All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
Page 89 - And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
Page 81 - God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates ; a land of oil olive, and honey...
Page 168 - But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Page 152 - The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary ; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.