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... piece of silk , or on a bird's feather , and then extract it with- out much inconvenience . But the most terrible of all diseases , is the elephantiasis ; for which , no cure has ever been discovered . See ELE- PHANTIASIS . To the ...
... piece of silk , or on a bird's feather , and then extract it with- out much inconvenience . But the most terrible of all diseases , is the elephantiasis ; for which , no cure has ever been discovered . See ELE- PHANTIASIS . To the ...
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... piece on his shield . Elephants are hunt- ed by the Shangalla for their teeth . The cawe leopard is rare and very shy , being only found in the interior districts . The two - horned rhino- ceros is also rare , being found only in the ...
... piece on his shield . Elephants are hunt- ed by the Shangalla for their teeth . The cawe leopard is rare and very shy , being only found in the interior districts . The two - horned rhino- ceros is also rare , being found only in the ...
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... piece - meal after crushing their bones . The cerastes , or horned viper , is commonly about thirteen or fourteen inches in length , and its poison is contained in a bag under its canine teeth . This reptile moves in all directions with ...
... piece - meal after crushing their bones . The cerastes , or horned viper , is commonly about thirteen or fourteen inches in length , and its poison is contained in a bag under its canine teeth . This reptile moves in all directions with ...
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... piece of beef in his bare hands , laying it upon the cakes of teff placed like dishes down the table . By this time all the guests have knives in their hands , and the men have large crooked ones , which they put to all sorts of uses ...
... piece of beef in his bare hands , laying it upon the cakes of teff placed like dishes down the table . By this time all the guests have knives in their hands , and the men have large crooked ones , which they put to all sorts of uses ...
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... piece he takes in his mouth ; and the more noise he makes in chewing it , the more polite he is thought to be . Having dispatched this morsel , his next female neighbour holds forth another cartridge , which goes the same way , and so ...
... piece he takes in his mouth ; and the more noise he makes in chewing it , the more polite he is thought to be . Having dispatched this morsel , his next female neighbour holds forth another cartridge , which goes the same way , and so ...
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Сторінка 123 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Сторінка 362 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd ; The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured.
Сторінка 77 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Сторінка 221 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown...
Сторінка 363 - I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Сторінка 276 - His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain. The long-remembered beggar was his guest, Whose beard descending swept his aged breast...
Сторінка 25 - If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ: to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever.
Сторінка 268 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Сторінка 145 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Сторінка 1 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?