Nature Displayed: Designed to Excite the Youthful Mind to Piety and Virtue ...Joseph Blundell, 1828 - 180 Seiten |
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Seite 25
... , he can also tell though in the midst of the wide sea , where he is . Son . But when the stars are hid from view by clouds , how then can the traveller or seaman find his way ? Father . By the fact , that iron when touched 25.
... , he can also tell though in the midst of the wide sea , where he is . Son . But when the stars are hid from view by clouds , how then can the traveller or seaman find his way ? Father . By the fact , that iron when touched 25.
Seite 26
... iron when touched by the load - stone and balanced , is found always to turn one of its ends to- wards the north . Thus he knows the place where his starry guides remain , even though he cannot see them , and he shapes his course ...
... iron when touched by the load - stone and balanced , is found always to turn one of its ends to- wards the north . Thus he knows the place where his starry guides remain , even though he cannot see them , and he shapes his course ...
Seite 39
... iron , and gra dually wears away those substances which are exposed to it . Father . Yes , the air has the power of dissolving bodies , but observe how benefi- cially this operates : dead bodies , carrion , and all matters that putrefy ...
... iron , and gra dually wears away those substances which are exposed to it . Father . Yes , the air has the power of dissolving bodies , but observe how benefi- cially this operates : dead bodies , carrion , and all matters that putrefy ...
Seite 52
... iron . Son . Why are all these under the surface of the earth ? Father . If they were above , or upon the sur- face , they would occupy the best part of the earth , and prevent our cultivating it . As they now lie in subterraneous ...
... iron . Son . Why are all these under the surface of the earth ? Father . If they were above , or upon the sur- face , they would occupy the best part of the earth , and prevent our cultivating it . As they now lie in subterraneous ...
Seite 53
... Iron . - Gold may purchase iron , but it will not serve as a substitute for it , because it is not equally hard . In a word , not one thing you have about you is made without the assist- ance of iron . Son . Will you mention a which Iron ...
... Iron . - Gold may purchase iron , but it will not serve as a substitute for it , because it is not equally hard . In a word , not one thing you have about you is made without the assist- ance of iron . Son . Will you mention a which Iron ...
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.