He requires soldiers, but we are so few in number that if the convicts knew it they might make short work of us, even without arms.
There are stones enough hereabouts, and by day they have their hammer and chisel.

Things are worst among the Hebrews in the copper-mines; they are a refractory crew that must be held tight.

You know me well, fear is unknown to me--but I feel great anxiety.

The last fuel is now burning in this fire, and the smelting furnaces and the glass-foundry must not stand idle.

Tomorrow we must send men to Raphidim [The oasis at the foot of Horeb, where the Jews under Joshua's command conquered the Amalekites, while Aaron and Hur held up Moses' arms.