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Andrew John Jukes : The law of the offerings in Leviticus

'There was, for instance, a writer on prophecy called Jukes, of whose works each of my parents was inordinately fond, and I was early set to read Jukes aloud to them. I did it glibly , like a machine, but the sight of Jukes's volumes became an abomination to me, and I never formed the outline of a notion what they were about.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Edmund Gosse      Print: Book

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