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while his sling dangles at his side. Observe how fearlessly he proceeds towards the Philistine. The giant views the undaunted youth with contempt, and I imagine, from the violence of his action, that he salutes him with imprecations; while David eyes him with majestic composure, and, confident of victory, seems to denounce the destruction of his foe! I wish I could recollect his noble declaration.

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while his sling dangles at his side. Observe how fearlessly he proceeds towards the Philistine. The giant views the undaunted youth with contempt, and I imagine, from the violence of his action, that he salutes him with imprecations; while David eyes him with majestic composure, and, confident of victory, seems to denounce the destruction of his foe! I wish I could recollect his noble declaration.

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; that all the earth may know there is a God in Israel. And all assembly shall know that the o saveth not with sword and r: for the battle is the LORD's, e will give you into our hands." enry. If I am not mistaken, Sir, have given your mechanist full ictions on this subiect: great

animation marked the countenance of the figure while you narrated what he was supposed to be speaking, and now David proceeds to fulfil his promise: assured of victory, he deliberately takes from the bag the chosen pebble, and with composure adjusts it in his sling! What a countenance! Brows knit, eyes fixed on the Philistine, the youth stoops as if to take his aim with greater certainty-He rises, and whirling the sling above his head, springs forward, and in stantly transmits its contents into the forehead of his antagonist. Dow falls the tremendous carcass, o which the valiant youth now standsand with the giant's sword take

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