Studies of Nature, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1809 |
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Pagina v
... Nature . Partridges and hares do not die of hunger in the forests of the North , where the Winter lasts for six months together they know well how to find under the b 3 snow , 1 snow , the herbage and fir - apples of ADVERTISEMENT .
... Nature . Partridges and hares do not die of hunger in the forests of the North , where the Winter lasts for six months together they know well how to find under the b 3 snow , 1 snow , the herbage and fir - apples of ADVERTISEMENT .
Pagina vi
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. 1 snow , the herbage and fir - apples of the preced- ing year , which Nature has buried there to serve them as a seasonable supply . The other objections raised , against some of my positions , by the Gentlemen ...
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. 1 snow , the herbage and fir - apples of the preced- ing year , which Nature has buried there to serve them as a seasonable supply . The other objections raised , against some of my positions , by the Gentlemen ...
Pagina xxxi
... snows the water which covers it : she renders it's Atmosphere more refractive , that the presence of the Sun may be detained longer in it , and restored sooner to it : and hence also there is reason to conclude , that she has drawn out ...
... snows the water which covers it : she renders it's Atmosphere more refractive , that the presence of the Sun may be detained longer in it , and restored sooner to it : and hence also there is reason to conclude , that she has drawn out ...
Pagina 16
... snows of the North , to shelter and warm the inhabitants , are converted into masts for the vessels of Europe , to carry the flames of devouring fire against the peaceful inha- bitants of the Southern Hemisphere ; and the canvas ...
... snows of the North , to shelter and warm the inhabitants , are converted into masts for the vessels of Europe , to carry the flames of devouring fire against the peaceful inha- bitants of the Southern Hemisphere ; and the canvas ...
Pagina 24
... North America , which the natives denomi- nate Méchassipi , the father of waters ; the Cordeliers , those high mountains bordering on the South Sea , 1 which are always covered with snow , and which are which 24 STUDIES OF NATURE .
... North America , which the natives denomi- nate Méchassipi , the father of waters ; the Cordeliers , those high mountains bordering on the South Sea , 1 which are always covered with snow , and which are which 24 STUDIES OF NATURE .
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Africa alternate Currents America ancient animals appear ascribe Asia Atlantic Ocean Azores Beotia Cape Cape Horn cause Climate coasts colour Continents contrary corruption covered Currents degree Earth effects effusions elevation employed Equator Europe extend extremity eyes farther fire fishes flowers forests France frequently Globe greatest happiness harmonies heat Heaven Hemisphere History human Imaüs Indian Ocean inhabitants insects islands Isle James Rousseau land Latitude laws leagues likewise live manner means melting monsoon Moon mountains multitude Nations Nature Navigators never night North North Pole observed Peru plants polar Circle polar ices present produced proportion reason render respect rivers rocks round sand says shores snows South Pole species Strait Straits of Gibraltar subsist Summer tains thing thou Tides tion torrid Zone trees Tropics UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA vast vegetable virtue Voyage whole winds Winter World
Populaire passages
Pagina 45 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Pagina 161 - God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged ; the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained ; and the waters returned from off the earth continually : and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Pagina 168 - When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it, And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, "Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Pagina 168 - Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Pagina 169 - Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days ; and caused the day-spring to know his place, that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? It is turned as clay to the seal ; and they stand as a garment.
Pagina 169 - Have the gates of death been opened unto thee ? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death ? Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth ? declare if thou knowest it all.
Pagina 169 - Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. Where is the way where light dwelleth ? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, that thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
Pagina 124 - The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; Even the waters forgotten of the foot; They are dried up, they are gone away from men.
Pagina 168 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Pagina 161 - While the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.