Mattathias died before this was effected, but his son Judas Maccabeus completed the deliverance of his country, and the government of Judea remained in his family till the time of Herod the great, who put an end to the administration of the Maccabees or Armenians, and prevailed upon the Roman senate to appoint him king of Judea.
— from A Week of Instruction and Amusement, or, Mrs. Harley's birthday present to her daughter : interspersed with short stories, outlines of sacred and prophane history, geography &c. by Unknown
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
— from The Bible, King James version, Book 19: Psalms by Anonymous
Can't you see him, confound him, sitting under a palm-tree in white flannels, with a glass of Jamaica rum in his fist, while we're dodging yellow fever on this coral-reef, and losing our salaries on a crooked roulette-wheel.”
— from Ranson's Folly by Richard Harding Davis
Another extraordinary group of Jurassic Reptiles is that of the "Winged Lizards" or Pterosauria .
— from The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Henry Alleyne Nicholson
Go on: just read it to them.
— from On The Art of Reading by Arthur Quiller-Couch
And yet they say, Tush, the Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
— from The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland
Never, perhaps, in his varied life had the graduate of Jena rolled in sweeter clover than during the months of the late winter and early spring of '94.
— from A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike by Charles King
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