The Marvels of Science and Their Testimony to Holy WritColburn, 1852 - Всего страниц: 349 |
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... organs of flight now existing , pos- sessed extraordinary power , and enabled this aërial scourge to soar to incredible heights , and thence fall like lightning on his destined prey . The next changes in the physical condition of the ...
... organs of flight now existing , pos- sessed extraordinary power , and enabled this aërial scourge to soar to incredible heights , and thence fall like lightning on his destined prey . The next changes in the physical condition of the ...
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... organs , exert on the interior , and thus one force totally coun- teracts the other . But for this beautiful pro- vision of the Deity , the blood would gush from our lips as we have seen in the case of Humboldt , when the amount of the ...
... organs , exert on the interior , and thus one force totally coun- teracts the other . But for this beautiful pro- vision of the Deity , the blood would gush from our lips as we have seen in the case of Humboldt , when the amount of the ...
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... is distinguished by a com- pound appellation , signifying both “ woman ” and " man ; " and a third is designated " marriage . " Of the organs and mode of propagation I shall speak hereafter . SLEEP OF PLANTS . 249 The sleep of plants ,
... is distinguished by a com- pound appellation , signifying both “ woman ” and " man ; " and a third is designated " marriage . " Of the organs and mode of propagation I shall speak hereafter . SLEEP OF PLANTS . 249 The sleep of plants ,
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... organs without injury . In many cases , the beasts of the forest , lying down where they have fed perhaps under the shade of an umbrageous tree , which is at that moment shedding its produce - pick up seeds in their ORIGINAL ...
... organs without injury . In many cases , the beasts of the forest , lying down where they have fed perhaps under the shade of an umbrageous tree , which is at that moment shedding its produce - pick up seeds in their ORIGINAL ...
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... organs : -the one composed of those which , carrying on the structural functions , secure it a proper supply of nutriment ; the other consisting of the or- gans of reproduction . They have also two tendencies , adapted to the opposite ...
... organs : -the one composed of those which , carrying on the structural functions , secure it a proper supply of nutriment ; the other consisting of the or- gans of reproduction . They have also two tendencies , adapted to the opposite ...
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Стр. 208 - They mount up to the heaven; they go down again to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits
Стр. 131 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Стр. 208 - Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
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Стр. 110 - And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood ; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Стр. 268 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Стр. 235 - THERE be none of Beauty's daughters With a magic like thee ; And like music on the waters Is thy sweet voice to me : When, as if its sound were causing The charmed ocean's pausing, The waves lie still and gleaming, And the lull'd winds seem dreaming, And the midnight moon is weaving Her bright chain o'er the deep ; Whose breast is gently heaving, As an infant's asleep : So the spirit bows before thee, To listen and adore thee ; With a full but soft emotion, Like the swell of Summer's ocean.
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Стр. 207 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment ; when he appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of...
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