Nature Displayed: Designed to Excite the Youthful Mind to Piety and Virtue ...Joseph Blundell, 1828 - 180 Seiten |
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... preserve the eye from flying insects . Son . Of what particular service is the eye- lid . Father . The eye - lid is as a curtain , to be drawn up by day , and to be let down at night when we sleep , that we may enjoy our rost with ...
... preserve the eye from flying insects . Son . Of what particular service is the eye- lid . Father . The eye - lid is as a curtain , to be drawn up by day , and to be let down at night when we sleep , that we may enjoy our rost with ...
Seite 103
... preserve it pure , and to yield us so valuable an article of life . Son . Does the sea then produce salt ? Father . A great quantity of salt is taken out of holes dug on the sea - shore , from whence sea - water is exhaled by the sun ...
... preserve it pure , and to yield us so valuable an article of life . Son . Does the sea then produce salt ? Father . A great quantity of salt is taken out of holes dug on the sea - shore , from whence sea - water is exhaled by the sun ...
Seite 132
... fishes ? Father . To preserve them from being bruised or crushed by bodies striking against them , and to guard them against the cold . Son . How do they dart forward so nimbly in the water ? Father . By means of their tail , by the 132.
... fishes ? Father . To preserve them from being bruised or crushed by bodies striking against them , and to guard them against the cold . Son . How do they dart forward so nimbly in the water ? Father . By means of their tail , by the 132.
Seite 141
... preserve the fruit - and they may be more useful in our houses than we are aware of . The webs which spiders form , particularly in gardens , are exceedingly curious . Son . How do the field spiders carry their first thread from tree to ...
... preserve the fruit - and they may be more useful in our houses than we are aware of . The webs which spiders form , particularly in gardens , are exceedingly curious . Son . How do the field spiders carry their first thread from tree to ...
Seite 147
... preserve the race from extir- pation , the infinitely wise Preserver of the world provided , that such as are impatient of cold should have such a special structure , as , during that period , not to suffer any waste of their body , and ...
... preserve the race from extir- pation , the infinitely wise Preserver of the world provided , that such as are impatient of cold should have such a special structure , as , during that period , not to suffer any waste of their body , and ...
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.