Earth, Sea and Sky, Or, the Hand of God in the Works of Nature, Band 1T. Nelson, 1859 - 416 Seiten |
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... similar to man's , must be ex- ceedingly gorgeous . It presents to them a disc thir- teen times larger than that of the moon appears to us ; it displays from its clouds , and oceans , and continents , a grand and ever - shifting variety ...
... similar to man's , must be ex- ceedingly gorgeous . It presents to them a disc thir- teen times larger than that of the moon appears to us ; it displays from its clouds , and oceans , and continents , a grand and ever - shifting variety ...
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... similar one , the surface of the moon , while totally unfit to be inhabited by any such intelligent beings as men , may , nevertheless , be an eminently fit habitation for some other order of intelligent beings , with , perhaps , powers ...
... similar one , the surface of the moon , while totally unfit to be inhabited by any such intelligent beings as men , may , nevertheless , be an eminently fit habitation for some other order of intelligent beings , with , perhaps , powers ...
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... similar to it in constitution . Beyond this , is a remarkable group of very small worlds , at least fifty - five in number , all revolv- ing in one another's close vicinity , and some of them crossing one another's paths . The next ...
... similar to it in constitution . Beyond this , is a remarkable group of very small worlds , at least fifty - five in number , all revolv- ing in one another's close vicinity , and some of them crossing one another's paths . The next ...
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... similar character to the rings of Saturn . Comets also move round the sun , but are exceedingly numerous and various ; and most of them , on the one hand , go very near the sun , and on the other , pass far beyond Neptune into the ...
... similar character to the rings of Saturn . Comets also move round the sun , but are exceedingly numerous and various ; and most of them , on the one hand , go very near the sun , and on the other , pass far beyond Neptune into the ...
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... similar systems . Take the wings of light , and flash with impetuous speed , day and night , and month and year , till youth shall wear away , and middle age is gone , and the ex- tremest limit of human life has been attained - count ...
... similar systems . Take the wings of light , and flash with impetuous speed , day and night , and month and year , till youth shall wear away , and middle age is gone , and the ex- tremest limit of human life has been attained - count ...
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action aloft ammonites animalcules animals aphides appearance atmosphere aurora borealis basalt beautiful birds body called carbonic acid carpel cells character chemical chemical affinity clouds colour combination comprise constitute creatures curious dark deposits distance Divine earth electric epochs exist fall flowers fluid force gases glory grand ground heat heaven height inhabitants insects instances island kinds lake land larvæ leaves less light liquid living look magnificent masses metamorphic rocks miles mineral minute molluscs moon mountains move multitudes nature nearly occur ocean organic organised oxygen peculiar phosphorescence plants possess pre-adamite prodigious produce pupa quadrupeds quantity racters rain regions remarkable resembling rise rivers rocks sedimentary rocks seeds shells similar snow soil sometimes sound species sporules star-stones stem stupendous sublime substances surface temperature things thousand thunder tion trees tropics vapour varieties vast vegetable volcanoes wind wings winter 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...