Mysteries of Life, Death, and Futurity: Illustrated from the Best and Latest AuthoritiesKent & Company, 1861 - 276 pagina's |
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Pagina 7
... less than six thousand years old , and that it was made in six days . On the other hand , geologists of all creeds are agreed that the earth has existed for an immense series of years to be counted by millions rather than by thousands ...
... less than six thousand years old , and that it was made in six days . On the other hand , geologists of all creeds are agreed that the earth has existed for an immense series of years to be counted by millions rather than by thousands ...
Pagina 10
... less clear of two sources of human speech widely distinct in character . In the case of the ancient Egyptians , which is of great importance from our having specimens of it four thousand years old , he discovers an example of the first ...
... less clear of two sources of human speech widely distinct in character . In the case of the ancient Egyptians , which is of great importance from our having specimens of it four thousand years old , he discovers an example of the first ...
Pagina 13
... labours this science had no existence . In various verse men murmured- The noblest study of mankind is man- but they had not yet hit upon the proper method of studying him . ' The history of the human race was far less.
... labours this science had no existence . In various verse men murmured- The noblest study of mankind is man- but they had not yet hit upon the proper method of studying him . ' The history of the human race was far less.
Pagina 14
... less accurately known than the history of dogs and horses . It was perplexed with errors of three kinds - physical , social , and moral . Blumenbach appeared , banished the physical errors , or at any rate destroyed our confi- dence in ...
... less accurately known than the history of dogs and horses . It was perplexed with errors of three kinds - physical , social , and moral . Blumenbach appeared , banished the physical errors , or at any rate destroyed our confi- dence in ...
Pagina 24
... less visible to the hawk or cat that passes above or below them . The wayfarer across the fields almost treads upon the skylark before he sees it warbling to heaven's gate . The goldfinch or thistle - finch passes much of its time among ...
... less visible to the hawk or cat that passes above or below them . The wayfarer across the fields almost treads upon the skylark before he sees it warbling to heaven's gate . The goldfinch or thistle - finch passes much of its time among ...
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Mysteries of Life, Death, and Futurity: Illustrated from the Best and Latest ... John Timbs Volledige weergave - 1863 |
Mysteries of Life, Death, and Futurity: Illustrated from the Best and Latest ... John Timbs Volledige weergave - 1861 |
Mysteries of Life, Death, and Futurity: Illustrated from the Best and Latest ... John Timbs Volledige weergave - 1861 |
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Pagina 113 - And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven. And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Pagina 144 - The world recedes: it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy Victory? O Death! where is thy Sting.
Pagina 50 - Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not : for I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book : worship God.
Pagina 191 - For the living know that they shall die : but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward ; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished ; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.
Pagina 82 - Great wits are sure to madness near allied; And thin partitions do their bounds divide: Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Pagina 106 - ... that a friend is far more than himself. Men have their time, and die many times in desire of some things which they principally take to heart: the bestowing of a child, the finishing of a work, or the like. If a man have a true friend, he may rest almost secure that the care of those things will continue after him. So that a man hath as it were two lives in his desires.
Pagina 240 - They sin who tell us Love can die, With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. In Heaven Ambition cannot dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of Hell ; Earthly these passions of the Earth, They perish where they have their birth ; But Love is indestructible. Its holy flame for ever burneth, From Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth...
Pagina 4 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun...
Pagina 158 - Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And mark'd the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not, now.
Pagina 17 - And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, And they shall hear the earth ; And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil ; And they shall hear Jezreel.