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... late king and the rightful heir of the crown , is a youth of about 23 , possessing some abilities , which are however swallowed up in childishness . He speaks the English language ; can write a little , imitate works of European ...
... late king and the rightful heir of the crown , is a youth of about 23 , possessing some abilities , which are however swallowed up in childishness . He speaks the English language ; can write a little , imitate works of European ...
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... late- ly died , she thought it necessary to hear , with all her retinue , the new doctrine , of which so much had been said at court of late . The sister of Paya - meh . tap invited me on purpose to hear me explain the doctrine of the ...
... late- ly died , she thought it necessary to hear , with all her retinue , the new doctrine , of which so much had been said at court of late . The sister of Paya - meh . tap invited me on purpose to hear me explain the doctrine of the ...
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... late interposed with some effect , they nevertheless delight in exercising this nefari- ous practice . There are several thousand Burmans living , who have been enslaved in this way , and who are compelled to work harder than any other ...
... late interposed with some effect , they nevertheless delight in exercising this nefari- ous practice . There are several thousand Burmans living , who have been enslaved in this way , and who are compelled to work harder than any other ...
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... late , in the district of Heängshan , associated banditti have been excessively troublesome to the farmers on the banks of the rivers . They levy a tax of so much per acre , to be paid every quarter of a year . An opulent farmer named ...
... late , in the district of Heängshan , associated banditti have been excessively troublesome to the farmers on the banks of the rivers . They levy a tax of so much per acre , to be paid every quarter of a year . An opulent farmer named ...
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... the close of the last century , Kaungchung , the late king , took refuge here , where he lived , for several years , in a most wretched condition . In the year 1790 , he made a descent upon his own territory 1832 . 87 Coast of Siam .
... the close of the last century , Kaungchung , the late king , took refuge here , where he lived , for several years , in a most wretched condition . In the year 1790 , he made a descent upon his own territory 1832 . 87 Coast of Siam .
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Page 206 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 145 - And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Page 9 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !" The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Page 360 - For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 207 - For thy waste, and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
Page 295 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 191 - When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying. Have thou nothing to do with that just man : for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
Page 338 - There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Page 360 - For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Page 199 - God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. 3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.