The Childhood of the World: A Simple Account of Man in Early Times

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Macmillan and Company, 1873 - Civilization - 118 pages

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Page 83 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Page 79 - For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
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Page 39 - Trench. — Works by R. CHENEVIX TRENCH, DD, Archbishop of Dublin. (For other Works by this Author, see THEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL, and PHILOSOPHICAL CATALOGUES.) POEMS. Collected and arranged anew. Fcap. 8vo.
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