Spring; Or, The Causes, Appearances, and Effects, of the Seasonal Renovations of Nature, in All ClimatesThomas Ward & Company, 1837 - 296 pagina's |
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Pagina 9
... supplies the foun- tain ; and when we would more emphatically describe the purity of a brook or rivulet , we call it " the daughter of springs , " thereby implying that its waters are pure and original . The early dawn is the " day ...
... supplies the foun- tain ; and when we would more emphatically describe the purity of a brook or rivulet , we call it " the daughter of springs , " thereby implying that its waters are pure and original . The early dawn is the " day ...
Pagina 66
... supply of vapour , which again descends in showers , liquid or frozen , without which showers the Spring would return in vain . Water is just as essential to growing and living nature as air is , and indeed it is more so ; for humidity ...
... supply of vapour , which again descends in showers , liquid or frozen , without which showers the Spring would return in vain . Water is just as essential to growing and living nature as air is , and indeed it is more so ; for humidity ...
Pagina 82
... supply along the surface . The state of the Southern Ocean , as just explained , renders it incapable of granting the full amount of this supply ; but the general elasticity of the atmosphere , which pervades its whole mass , and RAIN ...
... supply along the surface . The state of the Southern Ocean , as just explained , renders it incapable of granting the full amount of this supply ; but the general elasticity of the atmosphere , which pervades its whole mass , and RAIN ...
Pagina 83
... supply of air that may be necessary . It is this which brings the Atlantic wind , or north - west monsoon , upon the arid karoos , or dry plains , of Southern Africa ; and it is because the southern current still comes there in part ...
... supply of air that may be necessary . It is this which brings the Atlantic wind , or north - west monsoon , upon the arid karoos , or dry plains , of Southern Africa ; and it is because the southern current still comes there in part ...
Pagina 86
... supply the conductor in the humidity which they deposit ; and hence , if the change from heat and drought to rain is very great , atmospheric electricity , displayed in light- ning and thunder , is almost a necessary consequence ...
... supply the conductor in the humidity which they deposit ; and hence , if the change from heat and drought to rain is very great , atmospheric electricity , displayed in light- ning and thunder , is almost a necessary consequence ...
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Spring; Or, The Causes, Appearances, and Effects, of the Seasonal ... Robert Mudie Volledige weergave - 1837 |
Spring; Or, The Causes, Appearances, and Effects, of the Seasonal ... Robert Mudie Volledige weergave - 1837 |
Spring; Or, The Causes, Appearances, and Effects, of the Seasonal ... Robert Mudie Volledige weergave - 1837 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 19 - Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
Pagina 18 - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto - them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation and kindred and tongue and people ; saying with a loud voice ; Fear God, and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment is come; and worship him that made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of waters.
Pagina 18 - I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps : and they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Pagina 17 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Pagina 16 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Pagina 18 - And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder ; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps...
Pagina 17 - I have no pleasure in them ; while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain : in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look Out of the windows be darkened, and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall...
Pagina 107 - Wherefore do ye spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good ; and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Pagina 78 - How manifold are thy works, O Lord ! In wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy possessions.
Pagina 190 - Well do I know thee by thy trusty yew, Cheerless, unsocial plant! that loves to dwell Midst skulls and coffins, epitaphs and worms; Where light-heeled ghosts and visionary shades, Beneath the wan cold moon (as fame reports) Embodied thick, perform their mystic rounds. No other merriment, dull tree! is thine.