The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, Volume 12J. Murray, 1789 - Curiosities and wonders |
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Page 443 - Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord; neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
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Page 163 - ... must have been collected from the destruction of an earth which does not now appear. Consequently, in this true statement of the case, there is necessarily required the destruction of an animal and vegetable earth prior to the former land; and the materials of that earth which is first in our account, must have been collected at the bottom of the ocean, and begun to be concocted for the production of the present earth, when the land immediately preceding the present had arrived at its full extent.
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Page 363 - Sometime after, the Romans were alarmed by the intelligence that the commanders of their forces in Spain, ' Publius and Cneus Scipio, had been flaughtered ; and immediately young Scipio was appointed to avenge the death of his father, and of his uncle, and to vindicate the military honour of the republic. It was foon known how able he was to be at the head of an army; the various nations of Spain were conquered ; and in four years the...