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Page 190 - ... cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful. And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes ; but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.
Page 25 - Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
Page 28 - If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Page 127 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, That the spices thereof may flow out.
Page 210 - We believe that Thou shalt come to be our judge. We therefore pray Thee help Thy servants whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy precious blood.
Page 10 - The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways : they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
Page 25 - It was beautiful to see these birds rising clean and unsoiled, as doves always do, from the dust and dirt in which they had been hidden, and soaring aloft in the sky till nearly out of sight among the bright ,. sunset clouds.
Page 25 - ... with this. A little before sunset, numbers of pigeons suddenly emerge from behind the pitchers and other rubbish, where they have been sleeping in the heat of the day, or pecking about to find food. They dart upwards...
Page 192 - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?