The Marvels of Science and Their Testimony to Holy WritColburn, 1852 - Всего страниц: 349 |
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... origin , his nature , and his destination , this wise and elevated being would be confounded by his own superiority , and envy the worm crawling at his feet . A spectacle more harrowing , or more awful , it would be difficult to ...
... origin , his nature , and his destination , this wise and elevated being would be confounded by his own superiority , and envy the worm crawling at his feet . A spectacle more harrowing , or more awful , it would be difficult to ...
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... origin , hitherto so distracting a pro- blem , is unravelled and explained ; his mission is defined , and he receives an assurance of per- petuity . Light streams upon his mind , and virtue and self - respect kindle in his heart . His ...
... origin , hitherto so distracting a pro- blem , is unravelled and explained ; his mission is defined , and he receives an assurance of per- petuity . Light streams upon his mind , and virtue and self - respect kindle in his heart . His ...
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... origin and development of the mineral , vegetable , and ani- mal kingdoms . It digs in the constituent strata of the earth for the buried secrets of Creation , disinters the crumbled bones of Time , and , to leave no vestige untracked ...
... origin and development of the mineral , vegetable , and ani- mal kingdoms . It digs in the constituent strata of the earth for the buried secrets of Creation , disinters the crumbled bones of Time , and , to leave no vestige untracked ...
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... origin , the stratified rocks , no longer swept by a bound- less ocean , are covered at the surface with a soft , thin coat , called soil , composed of the depositions of decayed rocks and plants , and the drift of mountains . The depth ...
... origin , the stratified rocks , no longer swept by a bound- less ocean , are covered at the surface with a soft , thin coat , called soil , composed of the depositions of decayed rocks and plants , and the drift of mountains . The depth ...
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... origin , not to be com- pared with the vast periods previously absorbed , and which themselves beheld but the infancy of the world . The earth , thus strangely encrusted , is a globe flattened at the poles - the compression amounting ...
... origin , not to be com- pared with the vast periods previously absorbed , and which themselves beheld but the infancy of the world . The earth , thus strangely encrusted , is a globe flattened at the poles - the compression amounting ...
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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.
Стр. 5 - The best book of its kind in the English language. The new matter is extremely curious, and occasionally far more characteristic and entertaining than the old. The writer is seen in a clearer light, and the reader is taken into his inmost soul. * Pepys' Diary" is the ablest picture of the age in which the writer lived, and a work of standard importance in English literature.
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...
Стр. 3 - Derception of character and manners, a penetrating spirit of observation, and singular exactness of judgment. The memoirs are richly fraught with the spirit of romantic adventure." — Horning Post. " This work is a worthy companion to Miss Strickland's admirable