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" ostrich which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them and the wild beast "
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1870
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The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments

1854 - 1132 pages
...? 13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or и wings and feathers unto the ostrich ? 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 16 She is d...
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The Six Days of Creation: A Series of Familiar Letters from a Father to His ...

William Graeme Rhind - 1855 - 384 pages
...land his dwellings Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks ? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and...dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were...
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The National Review, Volume 9

Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1859 - 526 pages
...order of Nature, the following passage will adequately show : " Gavest them wings and feathers to the ostrich ? which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and...warmeth them in the dust; and forgetteth that the foot of man may crush them, or that the wild-beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones,...
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Educational Essays

Edward Thomson - 1856 - 426 pages
...of Rome present to ours! Shall Methodism be like the ostrich, which God hath deprived of wisdom, and which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them...dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast may break them? Is she hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers?...
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The Life and Remains, Letters, Lectures, and Poems of the Rev. Robert Murray ...

Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1856 - 570 pages
...salvation of their children. Alas ! most parents in our day are like the cruel ostrich in the wilderness, " which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them...dust; and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them: She is hardened against her young ones as though they were not...
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The Torchlight: Or, Through the Wood

Harriet A. Olcott - 1856 - 466 pages
...this mighty reformation ? Can yon not, with the light of the soul, trust as well as the ' ostrich who leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in...dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild toast may break them ?' " With sorrowful tears, the young girl weplf and prayed. Slowly,...
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Stories about birds, by a young naturalist. With illustr. by H. Weir

Stories - 1856 - 72 pages
...remarkable circumstance connected with this bird is also noticed in the Book of Job. It is stated, "she leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust." It appears from recent observations, that during the time that the heat of the sun is sufficiently...
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The Progressive Third Reader: For Public and Private Schools: Containing the ...

Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - 1857 - 318 pages
...this bird agree most fully with the one given in the Bible. " Gavest thou wings and feathers unto the ostrich, which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and...dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them ? 19. " She is hardened against her young ones, as though they...
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The book of Job, illustr. by J. Gilbert, Volume 18

Job (the patriarch) - 1857 - 224 pages
...it into thy barn ? Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks ? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich ? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened...
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The Book of Job

1857 - 224 pages
...it into thy barn ? Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks ? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich ? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened...
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