Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons: Illustratring the Perfections of God in the Phenomena of the Year, Volumen3Marsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb, 1839 |
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... Cause , might be admitted , although any reasoning which should demand such a concession , could only be founded on an appeal to our ignorance ; but that they should exist in such proportions and combinations as to produce the phenomena ...
... Cause , might be admitted , although any reasoning which should demand such a concession , could only be founded on an appeal to our ignorance ; but that they should exist in such proportions and combinations as to produce the phenomena ...
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... causes his influence to be móre powerful ; and what much adds to this influence , is the greater length of time in which ... cause for the summer's heat , the height to which the luminary rises in the heavens , and the length of the day ...
... causes his influence to be móre powerful ; and what much adds to this influence , is the greater length of time in which ... cause for the summer's heat , the height to which the luminary rises in the heavens , and the length of the day ...
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... causes operate in an increasing ratio . Day after day the accumulated heat receives fresh accessions . Every time the sun's influence is re- peated , it penetrates deeper below the surface , and is more intensely reflected into the ...
... causes operate in an increasing ratio . Day after day the accumulated heat receives fresh accessions . Every time the sun's influence is re- peated , it penetrates deeper below the surface , and is more intensely reflected into the ...
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... causes it to be pre- cipitated in the form of rain . Now , the remarkable cir- cumstance is , that although heat is the agent in these operations , the change of temperature does not so affect the process as to cause the operations to ...
... causes it to be pre- cipitated in the form of rain . Now , the remarkable cir- cumstance is , that although heat is the agent in these operations , the change of temperature does not so affect the process as to cause the operations to ...
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... cause rain in summer , compared with what is necessary to occasion the same phenomena in winter . Hence the processes of evaporation and de- position are made , by this very peculiar law , always to bear a relation to the actual ...
... cause rain in summer , compared with what is necessary to occasion the same phenomena in winter . Hence the processes of evaporation and de- position are made , by this very peculiar law , always to bear a relation to the actual ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 341 - Seeing then, that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness...
Página 328 - Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Página 368 - Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth : and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Página 311 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went out after him, and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth ; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear ; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Página 42 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Página 80 - Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Página 71 - The path of the just is as the shining light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Página 12 - That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. 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 42 - And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
Página 230 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.