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 13
... preparing for the important duties of incubation , every where attract the attention of the lovers of Nature . The croaking raven , led by a congenial instinct , selects some venerable tree where she may build her nest , and the sweet ...
... preparing for the important duties of incubation , every where attract the attention of the lovers of Nature . The croaking raven , led by a congenial instinct , selects some venerable tree where she may build her nest , and the sweet ...
Pagina 16
... preparation conducive to the salubrity both of animal and vegetable life . Were the change from winter to spring to be sud- den , the constitution of organized existences , such as we find it in our own latitude , would receive so ...
... preparation conducive to the salubrity both of animal and vegetable life . Were the change from winter to spring to be sud- den , the constitution of organized existences , such as we find it in our own latitude , would receive so ...
Pagina 45
... preparing wine , whose purpose is , by each outpouring of the liquor , to leave a portion of the lees behind . The fairest character in our fallen condition , even amongst those who are re- newed in the spirit of their minds , retains ...
... preparing wine , whose purpose is , by each outpouring of the liquor , to leave a portion of the lees behind . The fairest character in our fallen condition , even amongst those who are re- newed in the spirit of their minds , retains ...
Pagina 53
... prepared Nature for the sustenance of organized beings . Such is the geological theory ; but whether it be admitted or not , there is no doubt that our present productive soil consists chiefly of minute particles of stone , mingled with ...
... prepared Nature for the sustenance of organized beings . Such is the geological theory ; but whether it be admitted or not , there is no doubt that our present productive soil consists chiefly of minute particles of stone , mingled with ...
Pagina 63
... prepared for vegetation ; and it is thus that the Creator has provided for the dissemination of various plants , and even for their transportation to islands , and other localities , which they could not other- wise reach . This leads ...
... prepared for vegetation ; and it is thus that the Creator has provided for the dissemination of various plants , and even for their transportation to islands , and other localities , which they could not other- wise reach . This leads ...
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Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons: Illustrating the Perfections of ..., Volume 2 Henry Duncan Volledige weergave - 1839 |
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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.