Nature Displayed: Designed to Excite the Youthful Mind to Piety and Virtue ...Joseph Blundell, 1828 - 180 Seiten |
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... birds disperse them . selves to their respective nests - the winds are gradually hushed , and for several hours no sounds are heard to disturb the rest which man requires . Son . I think I see in this the great care of Providence ...
... birds disperse them . selves to their respective nests - the winds are gradually hushed , and for several hours no sounds are heard to disturb the rest which man requires . Son . I think I see in this the great care of Providence ...
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... birds are in the fields before man , they fill the air with their thousand pleasing notes , which reach his ears till he is entirely awake . The beasts of burden and the cattle wait only for his orders , and make themselves ready to ...
... birds are in the fields before man , they fill the air with their thousand pleasing notes , which reach his ears till he is entirely awake . The beasts of burden and the cattle wait only for his orders , and make themselves ready to ...
Seite 38
... birds , the murmuring o the brook as it flows over its pebbled chan nel - the lowing of the cattle - the hum o the crowded city - the charms of melody- the distant thunder ; -all these strike upon the ear without affecting it with pain ...
... birds , the murmuring o the brook as it flows over its pebbled chan nel - the lowing of the cattle - the hum o the crowded city - the charms of melody- the distant thunder ; -all these strike upon the ear without affecting it with pain ...
Seite 45
... birds , plants , & c . Son . How comes the cold or frost ? ] Father . Generally by the wind which blows from the Continent ; and the stronger the wind , the severer the frost . Son . How is the ice formed ? D Father . By an ...
... birds , plants , & c . Son . How comes the cold or frost ? ] Father . Generally by the wind which blows from the Continent ; and the stronger the wind , the severer the frost . Son . How is the ice formed ? D Father . By an ...
Seite 62
... birds , the eyes are so seated as to take in all objects before , behind , and at the side . In hares , the eyes are very protuberant , and are placed so much towards the sides of the head , that they can see almost upon all sides ...
... birds , the eyes are so seated as to take in all objects before , behind , and at the side . In hares , the eyes are very protuberant , and are placed so much towards the sides of the head , that they can see almost upon all sides ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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.
Seite 94 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Seite 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?
Seite 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.
Seite 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?
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 96 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.