The Monthly Repository & Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Volum 1F. S. Wiggins, 1831 |
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Pàgina 6
... say . But now we can say , that those whose part and province it was to do this work , have done it , and done it well . We can point to the names of Barbauld and Edgeworth , Taylor and Hofland , and confidently ask where there are ...
... say . But now we can say , that those whose part and province it was to do this work , have done it , and done it well . We can point to the names of Barbauld and Edgeworth , Taylor and Hofland , and confidently ask where there are ...
Pàgina 8
... from those of the heavens . " Men , " says Plutarch , began to acknowledge a God , when they saw the stars maintain so great harmony , and the days and nights 66 through all the year , both in summer and 8 00 Astronomical Sketches .
... from those of the heavens . " Men , " says Plutarch , began to acknowledge a God , when they saw the stars maintain so great harmony , and the days and nights 66 through all the year , both in summer and 8 00 Astronomical Sketches .
Pàgina 9
... says Tully , can be so plain and clear , as when we behold the heavens and view the heavenly bodies , that we should conclude there is some Deity of a most ex- cellent mind , by which these things are governed ? a present and Almighty ...
... says Tully , can be so plain and clear , as when we behold the heavens and view the heavenly bodies , that we should conclude there is some Deity of a most ex- cellent mind , by which these things are governed ? a present and Almighty ...
Pàgina 10
... says , that in August , 1792 , he examined the Sun with telescopes of several powers , from ninety to five hundred , and it evi dently appeared that the dark spots are the opaque ground , or body of the Sun ; and that the luminous part ...
... says , that in August , 1792 , he examined the Sun with telescopes of several powers , from ninety to five hundred , and it evi dently appeared that the dark spots are the opaque ground , or body of the Sun ; and that the luminous part ...
Pàgina 11
... says , proceeded from a subterraneous cause , it must have moved an inverted cone of solid earth 300 miles in diameter , 900 in circumfarance and about 200 in depth , which all the gunpowder that has been made Earthquakes .
... says , proceeded from a subterraneous cause , it must have moved an inverted cone of solid earth 300 miles in diameter , 900 in circumfarance and about 200 in depth , which all the gunpowder that has been made Earthquakes .
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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!