Nature Displayed: Designed to Excite the Youthful Mind to Piety and Virtue ...Joseph Blundell, 1828 - 180 Seiten |
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... cause of all the different colours we see , of the morning and evening twilight , and of the light coming into our houses . Son . What am I to understand by the morning or evening twilight ? Father . The gradual slow increase and ...
... cause of all the different colours we see , of the morning and evening twilight , and of the light coming into our houses . Son . What am I to understand by the morning or evening twilight ? Father . The gradual slow increase and ...
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... cause may there be for the gradual change from light to darkness which we observe in the evening ? Father . The darkness of night approaches by slow steps , in order to remind man that he needs repose , and must make an end of the work ...
... cause may there be for the gradual change from light to darkness which we observe in the evening ? Father . The darkness of night approaches by slow steps , in order to remind man that he needs repose , and must make an end of the work ...
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... cause it is a wonder daily offered to our eyes , we should feel less forcibly the power of Him who created it . Father . Yes , James , its daily recurrence ought to increase our gratitude , and yet it is the very circumstance which ...
... cause it is a wonder daily offered to our eyes , we should feel less forcibly the power of Him who created it . Father . Yes , James , its daily recurrence ought to increase our gratitude , and yet it is the very circumstance which ...
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... Son . If the twinkling of the fixed stars is caused by vapours in the air , why do not the planets also twinkle , for the same va- pours lie between them and the spectator ? Father . The fixed stars as I have said , 26.
... Son . If the twinkling of the fixed stars is caused by vapours in the air , why do not the planets also twinkle , for the same va- pours lie between them and the spectator ? Father . The fixed stars as I have said , 26.
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... cause of the ebbing and flowing of the sea , which tends to purify the waters of the ocean ; besides which the tides are very useful for navigation . Son . Is the moon inhabited ? Father . Some philosophers suppose it is ; and that our ...
... cause of the ebbing and flowing of the sea , which tends to purify the waters of the ocean ; besides which the tides are very useful for navigation . Son . Is the moon inhabited ? Father . Some philosophers suppose it is ; and that our ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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
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.