The Progress of Creation, Considered with Reference to the Present Condition of the Earth1837 |
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Pàgina 55
... of the leaves and flowers . Every little leaf , which shines and quivers in the sunbeams , is an organ of respiration to the parent plant , supplying , by means of absorbing vessels , CONSTRUCTION OF FOREST TREES . 55.
... of the leaves and flowers . Every little leaf , which shines and quivers in the sunbeams , is an organ of respiration to the parent plant , supplying , by means of absorbing vessels , CONSTRUCTION OF FOREST TREES . 55.
Pàgina 76
... organ would enable its inhabitants to perceive objects even more clearly and distinctly than we can . In the absence of the Sun , six moons reflect their borrowed light . They too , must present an endless variety of deeply interesting ...
... organ would enable its inhabitants to perceive objects even more clearly and distinctly than we can . In the absence of the Sun , six moons reflect their borrowed light . They too , must present an endless variety of deeply interesting ...
Pàgina 89
... organ of sight to different distances , entirely depends . The one , is a bony , yet , in most species , a flexible rim , or hoop , surrounding the broadest part of the organ , which by confining the action of the muscles to that part ...
... organ of sight to different distances , entirely depends . The one , is a bony , yet , in most species , a flexible rim , or hoop , surrounding the broadest part of the organ , which by confining the action of the muscles to that part ...
Pàgina 90
... the back part of the organ , does not inter- fere with its exquisite machinery . When this muscle contracts , the membrane is instantly drawn over the eye , by means of the communicating thread : when , on 90 THE FIFTH DAY OF CREATION .
... the back part of the organ , does not inter- fere with its exquisite machinery . When this muscle contracts , the membrane is instantly drawn over the eye , by means of the communicating thread : when , on 90 THE FIFTH DAY OF CREATION .
Pàgina 91
... organ of sight , required a muscle longer than the space assigned at the bottom of the eye would admit Therefore , in order to afford a greater length in a less compass , an angle is made by the cord of the chief muscle . This so far ...
... organ of sight , required a muscle longer than the space assigned at the bottom of the eye would admit Therefore , in order to afford a greater length in a less compass , an angle is made by the cord of the chief muscle . This so far ...
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Pàgina 215 - Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Pàgina 112 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Pàgina 226 - And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: ~] And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Pàgina 227 - And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. 13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth : and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
Pàgina 227 - And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; and the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Pàgina 46 - The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Pàgina 193 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night.
Pàgina 194 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Pàgina 61 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years...
Pàgina 218 - Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.