The Monthly Repository & Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Volum 1F. S. Wiggins, 1831 |
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Pàgina 9
... of astronomers , that the Sun was a mass of fire : and this opinion appears very plausible ; as he diffuses light and heat throughout the whole planetary system . But since the invention of the Astronomical Sketches . 9.
... of astronomers , that the Sun was a mass of fire : and this opinion appears very plausible ; as he diffuses light and heat throughout the whole planetary system . But since the invention of the Astronomical Sketches . 9.
Pàgina 10
... appears from these ob- servations , that the body of the Sun is opaque , like our earth and the planets . And this opinion seems much more rational than the former , which supposed this luminary to be pure fire . For , on the ...
... appears from these ob- servations , that the body of the Sun is opaque , like our earth and the planets . And this opinion seems much more rational than the former , which supposed this luminary to be pure fire . For , on the ...
Pàgina 11
... appear- ances of nature ; whole cities have frequently been swallowed up by them , and many thousand persons without warning , in the midst of pleasures and of sins , have in a few moments been called to answer for their crimes before a ...
... appear- ances of nature ; whole cities have frequently been swallowed up by them , and many thousand persons without warning , in the midst of pleasures and of sins , have in a few moments been called to answer for their crimes before a ...
Pàgina 13
... appear in my conduct , the glory of God will rest upon me and " the joy of the Lord will be my strength . " BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES . EURIPIDES AND SIMONIDES . Euripides flourished about 407 years before Christ . He was one of the Greek ...
... appear in my conduct , the glory of God will rest upon me and " the joy of the Lord will be my strength . " BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES . EURIPIDES AND SIMONIDES . Euripides flourished about 407 years before Christ . He was one of the Greek ...
Pàgina 14
... appears to be . " In his old age he appears to have been covetous to excess even of avarice , the reason of which he gave was , that he might leave something after his death to his ene- mies . His way of life , we are told was narrow ...
... appears to be . " In his old age he appears to have been covetous to excess even of avarice , the reason of which he gave was , that he might leave something after his death to his ene- mies . His way of life , we are told was narrow ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 340 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Pàgina 237 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth ; both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Pàgina 132 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Pàgina 320 - How manifold are thy works, O Lord ! In wisdom hast thou made them all...
Pàgina 8 - Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth: And their words to the end of the world.
Pàgina 236 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled ; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Pàgina 72 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Pàgina 168 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Pàgina 271 - Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world, with kings, The powerful of the earth, the wise, the good, Fair forms and hoary seers of ages past — All in one mighty sepulchre.
Pàgina 271 - Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods; rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man!