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Pàgina 18
... considerable space in the heavens , shifting from tropic to tropic , and presenting himself for one half of the year to the north , and for the other half to the south of the equator . The various parts of the earth's surface , within ...
... considerable space in the heavens , shifting from tropic to tropic , and presenting himself for one half of the year to the north , and for the other half to the south of the equator . The various parts of the earth's surface , within ...
Pàgina 39
... considerable light on this curious and interesting subject . The me- teor is usually conceived to have its place very high above the earth ; but exceedingly different elevations have been assigned to it by different philosophers . Euler ...
... considerable light on this curious and interesting subject . The me- teor is usually conceived to have its place very high above the earth ; but exceedingly different elevations have been assigned to it by different philosophers . Euler ...
Pàgina 46
... considerable part of the year , of that supply of the ne- cessaries of existence , which , at another season , is afforded in comparative abundance . Under the influence of these circumstances , man becomes , by a kind of moral and ...
... considerable part of the year , of that supply of the ne- cessaries of existence , which , at another season , is afforded in comparative abundance . Under the influence of these circumstances , man becomes , by a kind of moral and ...
Pàgina 50
... considerable measure by their own coast- ing trade , and internal communications . " As individuals , " he says , " differ in their capacities , countries differ in soil and climate ; and this difference leads to infinite variety of ...
... considerable measure by their own coast- ing trade , and internal communications . " As individuals , " he says , " differ in their capacities , countries differ in soil and climate ; and this difference leads to infinite variety of ...
Pàgina 61
... considerable elevation ; a parching wind blew like a blast from a furnace , and heated wood , iron , and every solid material , even in the shade ; and immediately before the monsoon , this wind had been succeeded by still more sultry ...
... considerable elevation ; a parching wind blew like a blast from a furnace , and heated wood , iron , and every solid material , even in the shade ; and immediately before the monsoon , this wind had been succeeded by still more sultry ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 179 - Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Pàgina 252 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings; so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Pàgina 383 - And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
Pàgina 87 - My grace is sufficient for thee, my strength is made perfect in weakness.
Pàgina 378 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Pàgina 384 - They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Pàgina 235 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Pàgina 364 - I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Pàgina 366 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man : All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Pàgina 360 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day, and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.