Nature Displayed: Designed to Excite the Youthful Mind to Piety and Virtue ...Joseph Blundell, 1828 - 180 páginas |
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... less forcibly the power of Him who created it . Father . Yes , James , its daily recurrence ought to increase our gratitude , and yet it is the very circumstance which diminishes it . Son . I observe that twilight is always shortest in ...
... less forcibly the power of Him who created it . Father . Yes , James , its daily recurrence ought to increase our gratitude , and yet it is the very circumstance which diminishes it . Son . I observe that twilight is always shortest in ...
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... less wanted . Father . And mark how regularly it lengthens when the necessity of working calls for a prolongation of light , even after the sun has set . Thus man is enabled to carry on part of his work when night has moderated the heat ...
... less wanted . Father . And mark how regularly it lengthens when the necessity of working calls for a prolongation of light , even after the sun has set . Thus man is enabled to carry on part of his work when night has moderated the heat ...
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... that an eclipse of the sun , because the moon prevents our see- ing the sun , more or less , according to the extent of its shade . And when the shadow of the earth falls upon the moon , we call that an eclipse of the moon . Observe , an ...
... that an eclipse of the sun , because the moon prevents our see- ing the sun , more or less , according to the extent of its shade . And when the shadow of the earth falls upon the moon , we call that an eclipse of the moon . Observe , an ...
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... is collected from brine . DIALOGUE VII . ON WIND , RAIN , & c . Son . What is the wind ? Father . The wind is nothing more than a part of the air , put into motion less or more . Son . From what cause does this arise Father . 41.
... is collected from brine . DIALOGUE VII . ON WIND , RAIN , & c . Son . What is the wind ? Father . The wind is nothing more than a part of the air , put into motion less or more . Son . From what cause does this arise Father . 41.
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... adapted he is to his con- dition on the earth . Had his size and propor- tions been less than they are , he could neither have consumed the productions of his lands , nor 58 would he have had strength to cultivate them Had 57.
... adapted he is to his con- dition on the earth . Had his size and propor- tions been less than they are , he could neither have consumed the productions of his lands , nor 58 would he have had strength to cultivate them Had 57.
Términos y frases comunes
adapted admiration Almighty animalcules animals beasts beautiful birds blood body bones called chyle chyme clouds cold colour Creator curious dark dear boy DIALOGUE distance divine divine Providence earth fall Father feet firmament fish fixed stars flax flowers flowery fields frost fruit gastric juice give globe grain grand magazine guard gullet habitation heat heavens hemp hoar frost infinite inhabitants injury insects instinct iron kind of food labour light live means mentioned moon motion mouth move nature necessary neral night nourishment noxious observe organ peculiar plants pleasure pole star preserve prey produce proper Providence quadrupeds rain rays reason refresh round the sun seeds sense serve sight skin smell sounds spiders spring stomach stone substance supply suppose surface teeth ther things thou tion trees ture vapours wants whilst whole wind wings winter wisdom wise wonderful
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.