Earth, Sea and Sky, Or, the Hand of God in the Works of Nature, Band 1T. Nelson, 1859 - 416 Seiten |
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... dark or night part of it is all toward us at change of moon , and therefore is wholly in- visible ; the sunlit or day part of it is all toward us at full moon , and therefore has the appearance of an entire orb ; and a constantly ...
... dark or night part of it is all toward us at change of moon , and therefore is wholly in- visible ; the sunlit or day part of it is all toward us at full moon , and therefore has the appearance of an entire orb ; and a constantly ...
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... dark spots which form upon its disc , and undergo continual change , have given astro- nomers some idea of its nature . It turns on its axis in a period corresponding to upwards of twenty - five of our days . A luminous atmosphere of ...
... dark spots which form upon its disc , and undergo continual change , have given astro- nomers some idea of its nature . It turns on its axis in a period corresponding to upwards of twenty - five of our days . A luminous atmosphere of ...
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... dark spherical speck , shining solely in the light of a single one of the fixed stars - has it not connections , intimate and special , with the central orb of our system , and with the central regions of the hea- ven of heavens ...
... dark spherical speck , shining solely in the light of a single one of the fixed stars - has it not connections , intimate and special , with the central orb of our system , and with the central regions of the hea- ven of heavens ...
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... latter a very remarkable black rain which fell at Montreal , in the winter of 1819 - may be quoted as a specimen . It was preceded , over all Canada and the United States , by gloomy , dark weather , with occasionally THE AIR , 31.
... latter a very remarkable black rain which fell at Montreal , in the winter of 1819 - may be quoted as a specimen . It was preceded , over all Canada and the United States , by gloomy , dark weather , with occasionally THE AIR , 31.
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... darkness was very great , particularly on a Sunday morning . The whole atmosphere appeared as if co- vered with a thick haze of a dingy orange colour , during which rain fell of a thick and dark inky ap- pearance , and apparently ...
... darkness was very great , particularly on a Sunday morning . The whole atmosphere appeared as if co- vered with a thick haze of a dingy orange colour , during which rain fell of a thick and dark inky ap- pearance , and apparently ...
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abound aloft alumina ammonites animalcules animals aphides appearance atmosphere aurora borealis basalt beautiful birds body called carbonic carbonic acid character chemical affinity clay clouds coast colour combination comprise constitute creation creatures curious dark deposits depth distance Divine earth electric epochs exist fall felspar flowers force gases glory grand ground heat heaven height ichthyosaurus inhabitants insects instances iron islands kinds lake land larvæ lepidodendron less light liquid living look magnificent masses matter metals metamorphic rocks miles mineral minute molluscs moon mountains nature nearly occur ocean organic organised oxygen peculiar plants possess pre-adamite prodigious produce quadrupeds quantity rain regions remarkable resembling rise rivers rocks sedimentary rocks seeds shells similar snow soil sometimes sound South America species sporules stems stupendous sublime substances surface things thousand tion trees vapour varieties vast vegetable volcanoes wind wings wonderful zoophytes
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Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 210 - Thy way is in the sea, And thy path in the great waters, And thy footsteps are not known.
Seite 210 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Seite 273 - All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Seite 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.
Seite 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!
Seite 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...