The Christian Philosopher, Or, The Connection of Science and Philosophy with Religion, Illustrated with EngravingsG. & C. Carvill, 1826 - 397 pages |
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... feet - who vanishes from the sight at the distance of a league - whose whole habitation is invisible from the nearest star - whose powers of vision are so imperfect , and whose mental faculties are so limit- ed - it cannot be supposed ...
... feet - who vanishes from the sight at the distance of a league - whose whole habitation is invisible from the nearest star - whose powers of vision are so imperfect , and whose mental faculties are so limit- ed - it cannot be supposed ...
Page 59
... feet- to behold the smatterer in learning , puffed up with a vaiu conceit of his superficial acquirements , when he has scarcely entered the porch of knowledge - in fine , to be- hold all ranks , from the highest to the lowest , big ...
... feet- to behold the smatterer in learning , puffed up with a vaiu conceit of his superficial acquirements , when he has scarcely entered the porch of knowledge - in fine , to be- hold all ranks , from the highest to the lowest , big ...
Page 82
... feet so swelled , that it was necessary for a surgeon to make incisions in the skin . In both the cases now stated , the persons ascended to so great a height , that the pressure of the atmosphere was not sufficient to counter balance ...
... feet so swelled , that it was necessary for a surgeon to make incisions in the skin . In both the cases now stated , the persons ascended to so great a height , that the pressure of the atmosphere was not sufficient to counter balance ...
Page 84
... feet square . They had been but a few minutes confined in this infernal prison , before every one fell into a perspiration so profuse , that no idea can be formed of it . This brought on a raging thirst , the most difficult respiration ...
... feet square . They had been but a few minutes confined in this infernal prison , before every one fell into a perspiration so profuse , that no idea can be formed of it . This brought on a raging thirst , the most difficult respiration ...
Page 91
... feet , joints , claws , wings , and fins ; in their dispositions , facul- ties , movements , and modes of subsistence . They are of all sizes , from the mite and the gnat , up to the elephant and the whale , and from the mite downwards ...
... feet , joints , claws , wings , and fins ; in their dispositions , facul- ties , movements , and modes of subsistence . They are of all sizes , from the mite and the gnat , up to the elephant and the whale , and from the mite downwards ...
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Page 58 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 311 - And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of My people, and Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their ha'nds.
Page 95 - 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.
Page 63 - Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Page 280 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Page 344 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Page 172 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 310 - When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
Page 114 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : When I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 344 - I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.