Nature Displayed: Designed to Excite the Youthful Mind to Piety and Virtue ...Joseph Blundell, 1828 - 180 páginas |
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Página 27
... strong for the eye to look at steadily , whilst we can without inconve nience , read the book or examine the ob- jects which they illuminate . Son . In what manner do the planets move ? Father . They all move round the sun ; but not in ...
... strong for the eye to look at steadily , whilst we can without inconve nience , read the book or examine the ob- jects which they illuminate . Son . In what manner do the planets move ? Father . They all move round the sun ; but not in ...
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... strong streams , it would injure the earth , by washing away its fine light mould from the roots and seeds ; from which we should suffer great inconvenience . Son . What brings the rain ? Father . The winds , which I clouds over the ...
... strong streams , it would injure the earth , by washing away its fine light mould from the roots and seeds ; from which we should suffer great inconvenience . Son . What brings the rain ? Father . The winds , which I clouds over the ...
Página 58
... strong as the ox , neither has he by nature those weapons of defence which are ne- cessary for his safety . Father . What need has man of greater fleet- ness of foot when he can have the horse for his service and by the agency of the ...
... strong as the ox , neither has he by nature those weapons of defence which are ne- cessary for his safety . Father . What need has man of greater fleet- ness of foot when he can have the horse for his service and by the agency of the ...
Página 61
... strong light , and to preserve the eye from flying insects . Son . Of what particular service is the eye- lid . Father . The eye - lid is as a curtain , to be drawn up by day , and to be let down at night when we sleep , that we may ...
... strong light , and to preserve the eye from flying insects . Son . Of what particular service is the eye- lid . Father . The eye - lid is as a curtain , to be drawn up by day , and to be let down at night when we sleep , that we may ...
Página 66
... strong compact bones , lodged in a strong well - made socket - and the eye itself is guarded with a nice well - made cover . - In the eel , which has to work its way through sand and gravel , there is placed before the eye a transparent ...
... strong compact bones , lodged in a strong well - made socket - and the eye itself is guarded with a nice well - made cover . - In the eel , which has to work its way through sand and gravel , there is placed before the eye a transparent ...
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.