Nature Displayed: Designed to Excite the Youthful Mind to Piety and Virtue ...Joseph Blundell, 1828 - 180 páginas |
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Página 52
... heads is azure , a colour which harmonizes with the former , and heightens the beauty of the sun and stars . Son . How many sorts of metals are there ? Father . The different kinds are numerous ; the most useful are gold , silver ...
... heads is azure , a colour which harmonizes with the former , and heightens the beauty of the sun and stars . Son . How many sorts of metals are there ? Father . The different kinds are numerous ; the most useful are gold , silver ...
Página 60
... head formed of a harder substance than the rest of the body ? Father . That so tender a part as the brain ( the seat of reason ) may be securely preserved . Son . What have you to tell me of the eye ? Father . It is one of the most ...
... head formed of a harder substance than the rest of the body ? Father . That so tender a part as the brain ( the seat of reason ) may be securely preserved . Son . What have you to tell me of the eye ? Father . It is one of the most ...
Página 62
... head , that they can see almost upon all sides : whereas in dogs , that pursue them , the eyes are set forwards , that they may keep their prey more easily in view . Son . Are the eyes of all animals moveable ? Father . No ; for ...
... head , that they can see almost upon all sides : whereas in dogs , that pursue them , the eyes are set forwards , that they may keep their prey more easily in view . Son . Are the eyes of all animals moveable ? Father . No ; for ...
Página 63
... head . The advan- tage of this arrangement to the spider is , that it can watch its prey without moving its head or eyes , the slightest motion of which would scare the insects from its toils . Son . In the garden - snail , I think I ...
... head . The advan- tage of this arrangement to the spider is , that it can watch its prey without moving its head or eyes , the slightest motion of which would scare the insects from its toils . Son . In the garden - snail , I think I ...
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... head . Son . When I raise my hand to my ear , the first thing that strikes me is , that the substance is neither bone nor flesh , but gristly - pray , why i ' this ? Father . If it had been bone , it would have been troublesome , and ...
... head . Son . When I raise my hand to my ear , the first thing that strikes me is , that the substance is neither bone nor flesh , but gristly - pray , why i ' this ? Father . If it had been bone , it would have been troublesome , and ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 129 - Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Página 94 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Página 50 - 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?
Página 134 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet : All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Página 100 - O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not : fear ye not me ? saith the Lord : will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it ; and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail ; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Página 109 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Página 123 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou takest away- their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created : and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Página 111 - Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, And make her nest on high ? She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, Upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. From thence she seeketh the prey, And her eyes behold afar off. Her young ones also suck up blood : And where the slain are, there is she.
Página 130 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Página 96 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.