Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons: Illustrating the Perfections of God in the Phenomena of the Year, Volume 2Harper & brothers, 1847 |
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Pagina 37
... deposited , gradually accumulating , till it finds egress in a running stream . In stratified districts this egress is frequently facilitated by what miners and geologists call faults , that is , breaks in the continuity of the rocks ...
... deposited , gradually accumulating , till it finds egress in a running stream . In stratified districts this egress is frequently facilitated by what miners and geologists call faults , that is , breaks in the continuity of the rocks ...
Pagina 54
... deposited , it is easy to conceive what a naked and sterile waste the gen- eral surface of the earth would be . By far the greatest proportion of the soil is to be found in situations , and un- der circumstances , where the action of ...
... deposited , it is easy to conceive what a naked and sterile waste the gen- eral surface of the earth would be . By far the greatest proportion of the soil is to be found in situations , and un- der circumstances , where the action of ...
Pagina 62
... deposited it in the soil , withers down to the root , and expires . Now , let us look at this curious pro- duction . It is composed of various parts , named cotyle- dons , corcle , membranes , and vessels . The cotyledons are composed ...
... deposited it in the soil , withers down to the root , and expires . Now , let us look at this curious pro- duction . It is composed of various parts , named cotyle- dons , corcle , membranes , and vessels . The cotyledons are composed ...
Pagina 67
... deposited upon it ; yet , in a short time , plants vegetated from it . If quicklime be put upon land , which , from time immemorial , has pro- duced nothing but heather , the heather will be killed , and white clover will spring up in ...
... deposited upon it ; yet , in a short time , plants vegetated from it . If quicklime be put upon land , which , from time immemorial , has pro- duced nothing but heather , the heather will be killed , and white clover will spring up in ...
Pagina 68
... deposited by the waters of the flood was , to so remarkable an ex- * [ Often the little mouse plans his houses , and builds his barns , be- the ground . - AM . ED . ] tent , mixed with seeds , as the impregnation of 68 LONG VITALITY OF ...
... deposited by the waters of the flood was , to so remarkable an ex- * [ Often the little mouse plans his houses , and builds his barns , be- the ground . - AM . ED . ] tent , mixed with seeds , as the impregnation of 68 LONG VITALITY OF ...
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Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons: Illustrating the Perfections of ..., Volume 2 Henry Duncan Volledige weergave - 1839 |
Sacred philosophy of the seasons: Illustrating the perfections of god in the ... Henry Duncan Volledige weergave - 1837 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 376 - Where the great Sun begins his state Robed in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight; While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Pagina 246 - The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Pagina 328 - But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Pagina 349 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent...
Pagina 218 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Pagina 178 - A bird's nest. Mark it well ! — within, without ; No tool had he that wrought — no knife to cut, No nail to fix — no bodkin to insert — No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand. With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...
Pagina 41 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Pagina 218 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary...
Pagina 218 - And the eye cannot say to the hand, ' I have no need of thee ' ; nor again the head to the feet,
Pagina 376 - While the cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before. Oft listening how the hounds and horn Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn, From the side of some hoar hill, Through the high wood echoing shrill.