American Popular Lessons: Chiefly Selected from the Writings of Mrs. Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, and Other Approved Writers |
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And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear : for the battle is the Lord's , and he will give you into our hands . " And it came to pass , when the Philistine arose , and came and drew nigh to meet ...
And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear : for the battle is the Lord's , and he will give you into our hands . " And it came to pass , when the Philistine arose , and came and drew nigh to meet ...
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Page 178 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went out after him, and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth ; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear ; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 179 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield : but I come to thee in the name of the LORD OF HOSTS, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 175 - Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man who is a cunning player on an harp : and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
Page 179 - And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
Page 211 - The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
Page 180 - And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead ; and he fell upon his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine and slew him ; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
Page 173 - And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him : for this is he.
Page 180 - Therefore David ran and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
Page 173 - But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him; for the Lord seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Page 146 - Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Bibliographic information
| Title | American Popular Lessons: Chiefly Selected from the Writings of Mrs. Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, and Other Approved Writers |
| Author | Eliza Robbins |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Roe Lockwood, 1848 |
| Original from | the Complutense University of Madrid |
| Digitized | 29 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 251 pages |
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