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...It is said by none other than, Jesus, that we are the sheep. Interestingly, a first born sheep is called a Firstling. With this I call you back to whom it was that Abel killed, it was in fact—the firstlings. So if we are the sheep, and a firstborn sheep is called a firstling, th...

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...r that its light banishes the darkness that tries futilely to extinguish it. A small village twinkles in the foothills to our east. The cry of a lost sheep cuts the night like a blade and a shepherd boy not much younger than I am scampers across the path before us to bring the lamb back to its fold. “Peace to you, brother shepherd,” Melchior calls out. “Can you tell me ...

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...productive relationship. If my writing makes a difference in saving one lost sheep, I will have served God by bringing another to His kingdom. As Jesu... ...As Jesus told stories, I believe writers should remember that it is His lost sheep who need saving, and it is up to us to use His method. The most imp...

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...o shame, Marshmallow?" He whined, ducked his head and gave her a big brown sheepish look. "C'mon." Therese stood, slid her fingers into Marsh's leathe... ...Nile-like Virus and Encephalitis. The atomic bomb and Agent Orange. Cloned sheep and test-tube babies. Einstein and Hitler. JFK and Martin Luther King... ...t to yours?" "What I want to know, is what's yours ... this time?" Justice sheepishly shrugged. "He's right you know. What were you doing 'lurking aro... ...a sad grin. "You know. I can't ... I can't get pregnant. Not anymore." The sheepish expression this elicited from him made her decidedly nervous. The ...

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...nicely decorated in wheat coloured wallpaper with patterns of dried grass. Pictures of a bearded Jesus were on every wall, tending his flock of white sheep and generally looking holy. The trailer also had 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen diner and a room that was dedicated to the worship of her gods. Fierce upright blood coloured dragons about a foot tall stood upon la...

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... with Three Sons The Padişah’s Youngest Son as Dragon-Slayer Keloğlan as Dead Bridegroom How Keloğlan Got a Bride for a Chickpea Keloğlan and the Sheep in the Sea Keloğlan and the Sheep in the River Keloğlan and the Lost but Recovered Ring Keloğlan and the Deceived Judge The Maligned Maiden Keloğlan and the Mirror The Successful Youngest Daughter The Shepherd...

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...MEETING? THE LETTER AGAIN, 87 -- 16 ALL SAINTS? AND ALL SOULS?, 96 -- 17 IN THE MARKET-PLACE, 99 -- 18 BOLDWOOD IN MEDITATION ? REGRET, 102 -- 19 THE SHEEP-WASHING ? THE OFFER, 106 -- 20 PERPLEXITY ? GRINDING THE SHEARS ?A QUARREL, 111 -- 21 TROUBLES IN THE FOLD ? A MESSAGE, 116 -- 22 THE GREAT BARN AND THE SHEEP-SHEARERS, 122 -- 23 EVENTIDE?A SECOND DECLARATION, 131 -- 24...

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.... . . 99 18 BOLDWOOD IN MEDITATION — REGRET . . . . . . . . . . 102 19 THE SHEEP WASHING — THE OFFER . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 20 PERPLEXITY — GRIND... ... IN THE FOLD — A MESSAGE . . . . . . . . . . 116 22 THE GREAT BARN AND THE SHEEP SHEARERS . . . . . . 122 23 EVENTIDE — A SECOND DECLARATION . . . . .... ... . . 280 49 OAK’S ADV ANCEMENT — A GREAT HOPE . . . . . . . . . 285 50 THE SHEEP FAIR — TROY TOUCHES HIS WIFE’S HAND . 290 51 BATHSHEBA TALKS WITH HER... ... sustained efforts of industry and chronic good spirits to lease the small sheep farm of which Norcombe Hill was a portion, and stock it with two hund... ...p farm of which Norcombe Hill was a portion, and stock it with two hundred sheep. Previously he had been a bailiff for a short time, and earlier still... ...ne, into the paths of farming as master and not as man, with an advance of sheep not yet paid for, was a critical juncture with Gabriel Oak, and he re... ...ly. The first movement in his new progress was the lambing of his ewes, and sheep having been his speciality from his youth, he wisely refrained from d... ...d rustled. The NIGHT—THE FLOCK—AN INTERIOR—ANOTHER INTERIOR 9 ring of the sheep bell, which had been silent during his absence, recommenced, in tones... ...rms a new born lamb, consisting of four legs large enough for a full grown sheep, united by a seemingly inconsiderable membrane about half the substan...

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...f men who are accustomed to sleep Accustomed to being led and fleeced like sheep. They will open their eyes and finally see The truth that will save t...

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...upine" – said Uzi, his eyes averted. "I tend to it and to the entire animal corner. We have sheep and horses, too" – he hugged the circumference wit...

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... merit, they subdue him. He mingles with their desires and he is led like sheep to the slaughter. He has no choice; he is compelled to think, want, ... ...hands of man, it is a small thing. Rather, “for oxen (with grace), or for sheep,” etc., for only by this will he be rewarded with the most sublime L...

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...surveying his handsome figure in the striking costume of a Spanish bullfighter, he grinned like a sheepish, little boy dressed, unwillingly, in his ... ... with rocks and boulders and only a few stunted trees grew wherever there was a source of water. Sheep and goats grazed on the almost barren mounta...

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... as a beast, as our sages said (Yevamot, 61a) about the verse, “And ye My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, are men.” And Rashbi said, “You are called... ...ng says about him, ‘And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine—Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow w... ...d with joy and gladness.” And he tells himself, “slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine—Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we... ...im?’ Why do You need this trouble? The Creator told them: ‘Therefore, why sheep and oxen?’” What does it resemble? A king who had a tower filled abu...

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... insomuch that some never fear the devil but on a dark night; and then a polled sheep is a perilous beast, and many times is taken for our father‘s...

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... of beasts take keepe, Let Souldiers count their woundes, shepherds their sheepe. For commonly we see the contrary, that many chuse rather to discour... ...it ought to have no credit at all, how often hath she changed a flocke of sheep into a troupe of armed men? Bushes and shrubs into men at- armes and... ...nd hung over her bed. That the like is in beasts, is witnessed by Jacob's sheep, and also by partridges and hares, that grow white by the snow upon ... ... idle as a Swaine busied about milking of his cattell, or shearing of his sheepe: but more rudely. Esteeme you any man for possessing two hundred ac... ... are peculiar unto them what know we what they are? Horses, dogges, oxen, sheepe, birds, and the greater number of sensitive creatures that live amon... ...h a wife, wifes breeding: we would know, What children; shall our wife be sheep or shrow. And the Christian beseecheth God, that his will may be ... ...twelve ounces of foode; Epicurus with lesse; Metrocles in winter lay with sheepe, and in summer in the Cloisters of Churches. Sufficit ad id natura, ... ...d our last Duke of Burgundy runne into for the quarrell of a cart-load of sheepes-skinnes? And was not the graving of a scale the chiefe cause of th...

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...em I was annoyed by the bellowing of cattle, the bleating of sacrifi- cial sheep. An ox screamed. Dust rose from underfoot as I jostled turbaned men.... ... to their animal sounds, without dread. Someone roused the oxen, then the sheep; the beasts wanted to be fed and watered. Nobody dis- turbed me. Pro... ... My enemies come closer. Verily, I say unto you, the man who climbs the sheepfold wall is a thief. He who enters by the gate is the shepherd. To h... ...e who enters by the gate is the shepherd. To him the porter opens and the sheep hear his voice and he calls his sheep by name and leads them... My... ... With my twelve I walked through the Golden Gate, passing great herds of sheep and goats, grey pastoral sheep and black mountain goats. I was proud ...

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...s the food of the brain. 29 Liffey Green Valley 30 Sheep at the river 31 Wonderful Teas 32 Note...

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...rk could not be left to 49 Elissa Malcohn Deviations: Covenant goats and sheep. He might as well ask about the chickens, too, or the cats. Bedtim... ... distance away from his awkwardness. Piri watched. She caught sight of his sheepish smile and returned it. "I, uh—" he stammered, "—I made a list w... ...ing to help her find her way. The Great Wagon was almost at zenith and the Sheep rising by the time Piri shoved the old man a last time. She was fa... ...e dragged up the mountainside. The Great Wagon dipped toward the west, the Sheep tilted toward zenith, the Dove rose. Soon the vultures would rise ... ... and shifted her weight from foot to foot, cursing herself inwardly for her sheepishness. She was behaving like her brother. Finally she raised her ...

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...n sneezed as its dank musti- ness tickled his nose. “This must be what a wet sheep smells like.” He wrapped the blanket around him and lay on the cot.... ...a M. Hodges 307 later.” She looked from Peter to Kelsey. “I will not go as a sheep to slaughter.” “Then we fight?” Peter said. Tessa’s lips tightened ...

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...sigh of relief, Chris didn’t hang around to watch her friend do the deed. Sheepishly, she wandered back to the kitchen, perceiving that once Pop hea... ... said, “I’ll sort it out.” He saw apprehension in Chris’s eyes before she sheepishly walked towards her son. “You will have to excuse her, she’s got... ...ilent, reflecting on the past four years. To him Chris had become a black sheep and a lost cause, having been times when he 111 resented her explos...