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...which we entertain concerning the coming of Messiah, that essential and fundamental article of our religion, be true and just ideas, faithfully drawn from the divine testimony, or not....

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...IN GLORY AND MAJESTY BY JUAN JOSAFAT BEN-EZRA, A CONVERTED JEW TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH, WITH A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE, BY THE REV. ... ...ge of a book, written in the Spanish tongue, which clearly sets forth, and demonstrates from Holy Scripture, the erroneous-ness of the opinion, almos... ...nd you, in that High and Holy name at which every knee shall bow, that you take leisure from your several avocations, lay aside your several speculat... ...e earth an ark of testimony; and to that end will turn his Holy Spirit unto his ancient people the Jews, and bring unto them those days of refreshin... ...and real character upon the other; both centering in and radiating out from the Jewish people.’ And this appeared to me to be written in these the ... ...ersecuting the true and faithful servants and witnesses of the Lord, and both kings and people shall be confederates against the Lord and his anoint... ...regeneration and eternal glory lay infolded in the fate of that child which was born in Bethlehem. For if flesh can abide the proof, and come off si... ... of the arch-murderer who delights to mangle innocency, and to whose cruelty Herod’s in Bethlehem was but as earth to hell, please thy soul with the...

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...ay A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publica- t... ...r the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray, the Penn- sylv... ...ersity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Thackeray Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray DEDICATION TO C... ...ge; and, having their book-learn- ing fresh in their minds, see the living people and their cities, and the actual aspect of Nature, along the famous ... ...s shores of the Mediterranean. CHAPTER I:VIGO THE SUN BROUGHT ALL the sick people out of their berths this morning, and the indescribable moans and no... ...n smiled peacefully round about, and the ship went rolling over it, as the people within were praising the Maker of all. In honour of the day, it was ... ...rtness. We met them on Sunday at the kind of promenade by the walls of the Bethlehem Gate; they were in company of some red-bearded co-religionists, s... ...rise up from their foundations on a picturesque open spot, in front of the Bethlehem Gate. The English Bishop has his church hard by: and near it is t... ...ading from the street to the court and church, there is a little bazaar of Bethlehemites, who must in- terfere considerably with the commerce of the L...

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...his collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire. The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the moun tains i... ...hat Hawthorne had visited the moun tains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts o... ... were crushed under the weight of earth, rocks, and trees. In the Sketches from Memory Hawthorne gives an inti mation of the tale which he might writ... ... spacious that it con tained many thousand inhabitants. Some of these good people dwelt in log huts, with the black forest all around them, on the ste... ...in short, were numerous, and of many modes of life. But all of them, grown people and children, had a kind of famil 6 TheGreatStone Face iarity with... ...e. It was an education only to look at it. According to the belief of many people, the valley owed much of its fertil ity to this benign aspect that ... ...I think of mine, too. But I was wishing we had a good farm in Bartlett, or Bethlehem, or Littleton, or some other township round the White Mountains; ...

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...LORD had made in the wilderness. 4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had... ...e unto David my fa ther be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. 10 Give me now wisdom and k... ...ive me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great? 11 And God sai... ...but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: Second Chronicles 1:1 – 1:11 4 12... ...ee, neither shall there any after thee have the like. 13 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from be... ...d ten cubits the height thereof. 2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; an... ...dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah. 6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 7 And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam, 8 An...

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...ecchio, like some huge civic fortress, with the great bell-tower springing from its embattled verge as a mountain-pine from the edge of a cliff. At it... ...I recognised him as Michael Angelo’s David. I turned with a certain relief from his sinister strength to a slender figure in bronze, stationed beneath... ... in the Greek mythology, but in the memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini. Glancing from one of these fine fellows to the other, I probably uttered some irrepr... ...s happy in a certain good faith of which we have lost the trick? There are people, I know, who deny that his spot- less Madonnas are anything more tha... ...haelesque touch, which they declare is a profane touch. Be that as it may, people’s religious and aesthetic needs went arm in arm, and there was, as I... ... A great work needs silence, privacy, mystery even. And then, do you know, people are so cruel, so frivolous, so unable to imagine a man’s wishing to ... ...at she was beautiful and pale; she might have stepped out of the stable of Bethlehem! I gave her money and helped her on her way into the town. I had ...

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...RYSTE YSTE YSTE YSTE YSTE One single flash of glad surprise Just glanced from Isabel’s dark eyes, Then vanished in the blush of shame That as its ... ...t likely to dissent. Next they had to make their conquest available. Apart from Louis’s magnificent prognostications, at the lowest compu- tation, the... ...as no house provided, it mattered the less since there were five to choose from in the T errace, even if his grandmother had not wished that their hou... ... point abruptly. ‘In short, Isabel, my dear, what can you have done to set people saying that you have been corresponding with the young men at Ebbscr... ...y dear, you may mean, very rightly -I am sure you do, but you must not set people talking! It is not acting rightly by me, Isabel; but I would not car... ...an- not readily believe that I transgressed by setting the question before people in a right light. Only, whose fault soever it 20 Dynevor Terrace V ... ...e churches were perfect or- ange-groves, and the scene of the wanderers of Bethlehem was acted from house to house in the twilight. The scanty English...

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... was life; and the life was the light of men -- 5. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not -- 6. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John....

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... in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witne... ... 19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? 20 And he confessed, and denied n... ...with water. 32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descend ing from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. 33 And I knew him not: but ... ...the ship was at the land whither they went. 22 The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none oth... ...ere they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:) 24 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they ... ...he feast, and said, Where is he? 12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: oth ers said, Nay;... ...ture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? 43 So there was a division among the people bec...

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...d the evening and the morning were the first day -- 6. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,and let it divide the waters from the waters -- 7. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which wereunder the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so....

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...ere be a firmament in the midst of the waters,and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters whic... ...d made the firmament, and divided the waters which wereunder the firmament from the wa ters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And Go... ...aid, Let there be lights in the firma ment of the heavento divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and forseasons, and for days, an... ...wer, which the children of men builded. 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: a... ... brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return fro... ...sh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my cov enant. 15 And God said unto Abraham, As for... ...jamin. 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar o... ...me unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem. 8 And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these? 9 ...

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...uld not have been done without more pain than I could brook, but the lapse of time heals wounds, brings compensations, and, when the heart has ceased from aching and yearning, makes the memory of what once filled it a treasure to be brought forward with joy and thankfulness. Nor would it be well that some of those mentioned in the coming narrative should be wholly forgotte...

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...of time heals wounds, brings compensations, and, when the heart has ceased from aching and yearning, makes the memory of what once filled it a treasur... ...especially of my mother, will not do them justice in the eyes of the young people of the present day, who are accustomed to a far more indulgent gover... ...aws against going into shops or buying dainties without express permission from mamma or nurse; but one day when Clarence had by some chance been sent... ...sed with a month’s wages, and poor Clarence underwent a strange punishment from my mother, who was getting about again by that time, namely, a drop of... ...e than Griffith, and thought he posed for admiration, for she used to tell people that no one could guess what a child he was for slyness; so that he ... ...larence, who had high fever, and very much delirium each night, talking to people whom he thought he saw, so as to make nurse regret her severity on t... ...ily and Martyn. ‘I feel just like David when they brought him the water of Bethlehem,’ he said. ‘You know I think this all nonsense, especially this—t...

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...e land of Gilead. 23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All ... ...rn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim. 51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader. 52 And Shobal the father of Kirj... ...; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites, 54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, First Chronicles 2:36 – 2:54 9 Ataroth, ... ...ushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem. 5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.... ...oast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he req... ...almeon: 9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land ... ...ainst the God of their fa thers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. 26 And the God of Israe... ...the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people. 10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened... ...ughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel. First Chronic...

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...reat we become so small in con- sequence. All truth came to Emily straight from honor to honor unimpaired. She never trafficked with falsehood seri- o... ...unequivocal. Evasion of fact she knew not, though her body might flit away from interruption, leaving an in- truder to “Think that a sunbeam left the ... ...it terms with life and friends, in which re- spect she was of a divergence from the usual not easily to be condoned. It was precisely the clamor of th... ...r? Admonished by her buckled lips Let every babbler be. The only secret people keep Is Immortality. CVIII IF recollecting were forg... ...en April woods are red.” XI PIGMY seraphs gone astray, Velvet people from Vevay, Belles from some lost summer day, Bees’ exclusive coteri... ...hen, stooping to secure it, It wrinkled, and was gone. Several of nature’s people I know, and they know me; I feel for them a transport Of cordiality;... ... volume Written by faded men, At the suggestion of Holy Spectres— Subjects—Bethlehem— Eden—the ancient Homestead— Satan—the Brigadier, Judas—the great...

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...n the United Kingdom greatly cares for my opinion of its brandy or sherry. When I go upon my jour- neys, I am not usually rated at a low figure in the... ... I travel for the great house of Human Interest Brothers, and have rather a large connection in the fancy goods way. Literally speaking, I am always w... ...been for some two hours and a half; there was a slight obstruction in the sea within a few yards of my feet: as if the stump of a tree, with earth eno... ...f as being then beside me, that I had purposed to myself to see, when I left home for Wales. I had heard of that clergy- man, as having buried many sc... ...the way was steep, and a horse and cart (in which it was wrapped in a sheet) were necessary, and three or four men, and, all things considered, it was... ... day; the beneficent Earth had already absorbed it. The drowned were buried in their clothes. T o supply the great sudden demand for coffins, he had g... ...t touch of Dry Rot!’ when lo! the man was all Dry Rot and dust. From the dead wall associated on those houseless nights with this too common story, I ...

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... said they, “that King Rich- ard is on the track, that you stray so wildly from it?” The most curious register of the history of King Richard is an an... ...f the history of King Richard is an ancient romance, translated originally from the Norman; and at first certainly having a pretence to be termed a wo... ...as an ogre, or literal cannibal. A principal incident in the story is that from which the title is derived. Of all people who ever lived, the Persians... ...ipal incident in the story is that from which the title is derived. Of all people who ever lived, the Persians were perhaps most remarkable for their ... ...e condescended to recruit their diminished resources at the expense of the people of Palestine—he exacted no gifts from the wretched natives for spari... ...ich were so well cal- culated to charm the minds of a proud and conquering people. They had their tournaments and games of chivalry; they had even the... ...ns of sustaining life, by life itself; and water, like that of the well of Bethlehem, longed for by King David, one of its ancient monarchs, was then,...

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...him into animation, and ever and anon chasing her little dog to extract it from be- tween his teeth. Suddenly she became aware of the presence of a sp... ...said, not without hesitation—’You have not heard when to expect your party from Madeira?’ ‘You know we cannot hear again. They were to sail by the nex... ...e’—stammered Mr. Wingfield. ‘Well,’—she said, haughtily. ‘Here is a letter from my cousin, who has a curacy in the Lake country. Your brother is at Wr... ... as he is, so fastidious about women! And yet this letter spoke decidedly. People talk of love! and Arthur is so easy, he would let himself be drawn o... ...not think how she was kept in such unconsciousness.’ ‘She knows nothing of people’s ways,’ said Arthur. ‘She knew you were all abroad, and her own fam... ...undoing my own trunk.’ ‘No, no,’ said he, much diverted; ‘she never thinks people can help themselves. She was brought up to be worshipped. Those are ... ... cedars of Lebanon, the streams of Jordan, the peak of T abor, the cave of Bethlehem, the hills of Jerusa- lem. Perhaps she looked up the more to John...

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...e to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem -- 2. Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holy temple -- 3. For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the h...

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... of Judah, which he saw concern ing Samaria and Jerusalem. 2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be... ...ll that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holy temple. 3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place... ...nd is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. 10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at al... ...For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. 13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish,... ...ldren; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee. CHAPTER 2 W oe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon ... ...ntation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fi... ...ey shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. 2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet...

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...e all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah -- 3. Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem....

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...ouse at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Ju... ...e did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem. Chapter 2 N ow these are the children of the p... ...ecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: 3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred sev e... ...nd three. 20 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. 21 The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three. 22 The men of Netophah, fifty and ... ..., were three hundred ninety and two. 59 And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew ... ...enealogy, but they were not found: there fore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. 63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should... ...red priests' garments. 70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their...

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... in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us -- 2. Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word -- 3. It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus -- 4....

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...ost surely believed among us, 2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; 3 It seeme... ...t seemed good to me also, having had perfect un derstanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus... ...hen he went into the temple of the Lord. 10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense. 11 And there appeared u... ...er wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb. 16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn... ...e children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. 18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby... ...lievest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. 21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the t... ...he city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 5 To be taxe... ... into heaven, the shepherds said one to an other, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath ma...

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...hout his reign on the terms of friend rather than of captive, and was absolutely sheltered by this imprisonment throughout his nonage and early youth from the frightful violence and presumption of the nobles of his kingdom....

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...utely sheltered by this imprisonment throughout his nonage and early youth from the frightful violence and pre- sumption of the nobles of his kingdom.... ...aving been himself educated at Paris. The Abbey of Coldingham is described from a local com- pilation of the early part of the century, with an accoun... ... in the widest part of the valley, a sort of plat- form of rock jutted out from the hill-side, and afforded a station for one of those tall, narrow, g... ...e as well as to suffer,’ there was an approach of footsteps, and two young people entered the hall; the first a girl, with a family likeness to Malcol... ...dom hath he? What hope is there of his return? Can he brook to hear of his people’s wretchedness?’ This was the first question at which Sir James atte... ... with blood. Perhaps, both Lilias and old Halbert suggested, some of their people had returned and taken him to the Abbey of Coldingham, and as this w... ...re of a beautiful greensward, with beds of roses, pansies, pinks, stars of Bethlehem, and other good old flowers, among which a monkey was chained to ...

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...ary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. 17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until th... ...m David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.... ...ring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfil... ...rth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled whi... ...rn son: and he called his name JESUS. Chapter 2 N ow when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wi... ...ith him. 4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. 5 And ... ... demanded of them where Christ should be born. 5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, 6 And thou B... ... princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. 7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enq... ...uired of them diligently what time the star appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and w...

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... against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. 19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall no... ... LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? 6 Neither said ... ... thing. 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. 12 Be aston... ...is, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of livi... ...weary them selves; in her month they shall find her. 25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no... ...se. 35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not si... ... 17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt, 18 Because of the Chaldeans: for they...