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Page 129 - And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which 1 have spoken to thee of.
Page 320 - Pepys' Diary and Correspondence. With Seven Steel Portraits arranged as a Frontispiece, Memoir, Introductory Preface, and full Index. Abbeys, Castles, and Ancient Halls of England and Wales. Their Legendary Lore and Popular History — South, Midland, North. By JOHN TIMES, Author of " Curiosities of London,
Page 322 - The Treasures of the Earth ; or, Mines, Minerals, and Metals.
Page 129 - If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 324 - Popular Readings in Prose and Verse. Edited by JE CARPENTER. FIVE DISTINCT VOLUMES, each Complete, paged throughout, with Index. A General Index to the entire work is given with Vol. 5. In fcap.
Page 319 - Swiss Family Robinson. Including Sequel. With Illustrations. Mrs. Hemans' Poetical Works. With Memoir, &c. Grimm's Fairy Tales. Andersen's (Hans) Fairy Tales. Scott's Lives of Eminent Novelists and Dramatists. Scott's Essays on Chivalry, Romance, and the Drama. Shelley's Poetical Works. Campbell's Poetical Works. Keats
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Page 320 - Evelyn's Diary and Correspondence. Edited by BRAY. 784 pp. With Frontispiece and full Index. Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. With Portrait. Three Vols. A Century of Anecdote. Compiled and Edited by JOHN TIMES.