Narrative of Captain James Fawckner's Travels on the Coast of Benin, West AfricaFor the proprietor, by A. Schloss, 1837 - 128 pages |
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Narrative of Captain James Fawckner's Travels on the Coast of Benin, West Africa James Fawckner Affichage du livre entier - 1837 |
Narrative of Captain James Fawcknergçös Travels on the Coast of Benin, West ... James Fawckner,Friend of the Captain Aucun aperçu disponible - 2009 |
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Page 126 - They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way, they found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them ; then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their
Page 53 - My friends do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? Oh tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 98 - stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory, so also is the resurrection of the body, it is sown in
Page 125 - soul so dead, Who never to himself has said, This is my own, my native land ! Whose heart has ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he has tum'd, From
Page 126 - Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto the desired haven.
Page 126 - within them ; then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distress.
Page 97 - is certain we can carry nothing out ; the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away,—blessed be the name of the Lord
Page 97 - life, saith the Lord; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever believeth in me shall never die. "I know that my Redeemer liveth, and
Page 92 - bird will beat • His breast and beak against the wiry dome, Till the blood tinge his plumage, so the heat Of his impeded soul would through his bosom eat.
Page 92 - wing, To whom the boundless air alone were home. Then came his fit again, which, to overcome, As eagerly the barr'd up bird will beat • His breast and beak against