Earth, Sea and Sky, Or, the Hand of God in the Works of Nature, Volume 1T. Nelson, 1859 - 416 pages |
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... exist at such distances as to seem through these telescopes only little clouds of luminous dust - and that the light from many , though travelling at the rate of two hun- dred thousand miles per second , takes thousands of years to ...
... exist at such distances as to seem through these telescopes only little clouds of luminous dust - and that the light from many , though travelling at the rate of two hun- dred thousand miles per second , takes thousands of years to ...
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... exist in space within the range of human vision , and then you may form some idea of the infinitude of his kingdom ; for , lo ! these are but a part of his ways . Examine the scale on which the universe is built . Comprehend , if you ...
... exist in space within the range of human vision , and then you may form some idea of the infinitude of his kingdom ; for , lo ! these are but a part of his ways . Examine the scale on which the universe is built . Comprehend , if you ...
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... exist in it , and have no appreciable weight - such as light , heat , the electric fluid , and perhaps the principle of sound . Some are gases , all different from one another , and from the oxygen , and the nitrogen , and the car ...
... exist in it , and have no appreciable weight - such as light , heat , the electric fluid , and perhaps the principle of sound . Some are gases , all different from one another , and from the oxygen , and the nitrogen , and the car ...
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... exist in the atmos- phere at one time ; and never or seldom does this con- stitute more than nearly a twentieth part , or less than about a two - hundredth part of the atmosphere's con- tents . It does not diminish rapidly in density ...
... exist in the atmos- phere at one time ; and never or seldom does this con- stitute more than nearly a twentieth part , or less than about a two - hundredth part of the atmosphere's con- tents . It does not diminish rapidly in density ...
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... exist in sufficient quantity to form a cloud ; but , in struggling through the increas- ingly thick masses of the last two or three miles , they undergo so much as to be eventually bent almost like the segment of a hoop . Hence , as the ...
... exist in sufficient quantity to form a cloud ; but , in struggling through the increas- ingly thick masses of the last two or three miles , they undergo so much as to be eventually bent almost like the segment of a hoop . Hence , as the ...
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Page 227 - Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Page 237 - Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature. For by him were all things created that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions, or principalities, or powers, all things were created by him and for him: and he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Page 372 - 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.
Page 37 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon. Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Page 210 - Thy way is in the sea, And thy path in the great waters, And thy footsteps are not known.
Page 210 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Page 273 - All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Page 158 - Rise, O ever rise, Rise like a cloud of Incense, from the Earth ! Thou kingly Spirit throned among the hills, Thou dread Ambassador from Earth to Heaven, Great Hierarch ! tell thou the silent Sky, And tell the Stars, and tell yon rising Sun, Earth, with her thousand voices, praises GOD.
Page 176 - Ye ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain — Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge! Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? — God ! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God!
Page 27 - I HAD a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air...