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... Gauls , a few centuries before his days . Bochart however supposes that Gomer is to be referred to Phrygia ; the country in which the Gauls settled : the Ara- bians consider Gomer as the Turks , and so the word is ren- dered in the ...
... Gauls , a few centuries before his days . Bochart however supposes that Gomer is to be referred to Phrygia ; the country in which the Gauls settled : the Ara- bians consider Gomer as the Turks , and so the word is ren- dered in the ...
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... Gaul , Spain , and Britain , and were undoubted- ly the first occupiers of those countries . We read of tribes under various names , just as we find among the natives of North America , small tribes bearing different names . These names ...
... Gaul , Spain , and Britain , and were undoubted- ly the first occupiers of those countries . We read of tribes under various names , just as we find among the natives of North America , small tribes bearing different names . These names ...
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... Gaul . " Sermo haud multum di- versus , " says Tacitus in his life of Agricola . But some Bel- gians had by conquest , obtained possession of the maritime coast of Britain . The interior of the country was possessed by those who were ...
... Gaul . " Sermo haud multum di- versus , " says Tacitus in his life of Agricola . But some Bel- gians had by conquest , obtained possession of the maritime coast of Britain . The interior of the country was possessed by those who were ...
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... Gauls . The Welsh are the descendants of the Cimbri , from Jut- land in Denmark , probably of Celtic origin , or a mixture of Celts and Goths . The body of the English nation is from Teutonic ances- tors , the Angles and Saxons , with a ...
... Gauls . The Welsh are the descendants of the Cimbri , from Jut- land in Denmark , probably of Celtic origin , or a mixture of Celts and Goths . The body of the English nation is from Teutonic ances- tors , the Angles and Saxons , with a ...
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... Gaul , and built Massilia , now Marseilles . But for a principal part of our knowledge of the primitive inhabitants of the west and north of Europe , we are indebted to the Roman conquests , under Julius Cesar and his successors . From ...
... Gaul , and built Massilia , now Marseilles . But for a principal part of our knowledge of the primitive inhabitants of the west and north of Europe , we are indebted to the Roman conquests , under Julius Cesar and his successors . From ...
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Page 64 - Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows ! He was wounded for our transgressions ; He was bruised for our iniquities : the chastisement of our peace was upon Him ; And with His stripes we are healed.
Page 148 - The Council established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, ruling, ordering and Governing of New England in America" and to them and their Successors grants all the lands, &c., Viz.
Page 60 - Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature ; for by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers ; all things were created by him, and for him; and he is before all things, and by him all things consist...
Page 59 - Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Page 44 - I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made ; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.
Page 58 - Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; And see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, And make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Page 198 - Cotton preached, and delivered this doctrine, that a magistrate ought not to be turned into the condition of a private man without just cause, and to be publicly convict, no more than the magistrates may not turn a private man out of his freehold, etc., without like public trial, etc.
Page 58 - In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.