The Chronicles of Rabbi Joseph Ben Joshua Ben Meir, the Sphardi, Volume 2Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1836 - 528 pages |
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... became theirs : and they made à covenant with the inhabitants , who have been slaves to the king of Portugal until this day . Thence they brought also spices , and silver , and gold , in abundance , and thus filled their dwellings with ...
... became theirs : and they made à covenant with the inhabitants , who have been slaves to the king of Portugal until this day . Thence they brought also spices , and silver , and gold , in abundance , and thus filled their dwellings with ...
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... became likewise disposed to go thither to the place of gold : But some of them found nothing , save a place of briers and thorns , and died on the way of hunger and thirst , and for want of every thing . And many reached their de- sired ...
... became likewise disposed to go thither to the place of gold : But some of them found nothing , save a place of briers and thorns , and died on the way of hunger and thirst , and for want of every thing . And many reached their de- sired ...
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... became heavy upon him , and Adrian died in the month of September , in the year one thousand five hundred and twenty - three . And they chose Giulio di Medici on the nineteenth day of the month of November , and they called his name ...
... became heavy upon him , and Adrian died in the month of September , in the year one thousand five hundred and twenty - three . And they chose Giulio di Medici on the nineteenth day of the month of November , and they called his name ...
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... became besieged , and all the city was moved , for the fear of the French fell upon them . them . And the battle was strong be- tween them at that time , and much people of them fell . And Pavia was straitly shut up , none went out ...
... became besieged , and all the city was moved , for the fear of the French fell upon them . them . And the battle was strong be- tween them at that time , and much people of them fell . And Pavia was straitly shut up , none went out ...
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... became as one in his hand . 645. And the king sent soldiers and artillery between Lodi and Pavia , to watch the road . Again he commanded , and they gathered toge- ther all the soldiers , and they dwelled together . And the men of the ...
... became as one in his hand . 645. And the king sent soldiers and artillery between Lodi and Pavia , to watch the road . Again he commanded , and they gathered toge- ther all the soldiers , and they dwelled together . And the men of the ...
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Page 212 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 130 - Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us; for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.
Page 290 - And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
Page 326 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea ; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Page 439 - And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
Page 326 - Many times did he deliver them; But they provoked him with their counsel, And were brought low for their iniquity.* 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, When he heard their cry: 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
Page 508 - And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first ; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. 18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive ; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
Page 240 - I the Lord search the heart and try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings.
Page 443 - And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
Page 445 - And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death : all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died ; as the Lord commanded Moses.