Instances of the Mutability of FortuneJ.S. Jordan, 1791 - 453 páginas |
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... feveral of the writers who lived in the earliest ages ; the probability , however , from many expreffions and circumstances in it , is in favour of Mofes . To whomfoever the merit is due , it certainly is the most ancient and nobleft ...
... feveral of the writers who lived in the earliest ages ; the probability , however , from many expreffions and circumstances in it , is in favour of Mofes . To whomfoever the merit is due , it certainly is the most ancient and nobleft ...
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... feveral houses , and in- vited their fifters to partake of their banquets . And fo great was their father's anxiety for their happiness , and fuch his innate piety , that as soon as the days of their feafting were concluded , he always ...
... feveral houses , and in- vited their fifters to partake of their banquets . And fo great was their father's anxiety for their happiness , and fuch his innate piety , that as soon as the days of their feafting were concluded , he always ...
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... feveral days . At length , his wife , irritated by his fufferings , advised him , with the impatience natural to her fex , to curfe God ; and by thus drawing down the immediate venge- ance of the Almighty , put a speedier end to his ...
... feveral days . At length , his wife , irritated by his fufferings , advised him , with the impatience natural to her fex , to curfe God ; and by thus drawing down the immediate venge- ance of the Almighty , put a speedier end to his ...
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... feveral diftant places , and continued in exile for fome years . During that period , various adventures befel him ; but our limits not permitting a re- capitulation of them , we must refer those who wish to trace him through every move ...
... feveral diftant places , and continued in exile for fome years . During that period , various adventures befel him ; but our limits not permitting a re- capitulation of them , we must refer those who wish to trace him through every move ...
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... feveral provinces , and their dependents , to be invited to a fplendid and fumptuous enter- tainment at Sufa , where he kept his court . During the folemnity of this feaft , which lafted one hundred and eighty days , nothing was ...
... feveral provinces , and their dependents , to be invited to a fplendid and fumptuous enter- tainment at Sufa , where he kept his court . During the folemnity of this feaft , which lafted one hundred and eighty days , nothing was ...
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Página 83 - The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar : and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven ; till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds
Página 22 - It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Página 82 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Página 65 - For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
Página 65 - And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews ; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Página 21 - I will lodge : thy people mall be my ** people, and thy God my God : where " thou dieft, will I die, and there will I " be buried : the Lord do fo to me, and " more alfo, if ought but death part thee
Página 178 - After this, Mahomet went out of the temple with the angel Gabriel, and found a ladder of light ready fixed for them, which they immediately ascended, leaving Alborak tied to a rock till their return. On their arrival at the...
Página 1 - ... herb of the field ; in the fweat of thy face malt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground ; for out of it waft thou taken : for duft thou art, and unto duft fhalt thou return.
Página 65 - And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple : and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
Página 164 - ... him or his religion to be answered ; any difficulty to be solved ; any discontent among his people to be quieted, any offence to be removed, or any thing...