Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons: Illustrating the Perfections of God in the Phenomena of the Year, Volume 3Harper & brothers, 1847 |
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... give out their influence in an inverse , instead of a direct ratio , -that the light was greatest when the heat was most diminished . We should thus have brilliant , but cold suns in winter , and warmth but gloom in summer . The ...
... give out their influence in an inverse , instead of a direct ratio , -that the light was greatest when the heat was most diminished . We should thus have brilliant , but cold suns in winter , and warmth but gloom in summer . The ...
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... give rise to the remarkable natural phenomenon of thunder . This has been ascertained abundantly by direct ... gives rise at once to the thunderclap and the flash : a similar effect is produced by the electric or non - electric state of ...
... give rise to the remarkable natural phenomenon of thunder . This has been ascertained abundantly by direct ... gives rise at once to the thunderclap and the flash : a similar effect is produced by the electric or non - electric state of ...
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... gives new lustre to its finest tints . It cools and refreshes the whole surface of the ground . And as soon as the sun's earliest beams shoot forth from the eastern horizon , its innumerable drops twinkle in the gol- den light , like a ...
... gives new lustre to its finest tints . It cools and refreshes the whole surface of the ground . And as soon as the sun's earliest beams shoot forth from the eastern horizon , its innumerable drops twinkle in the gol- den light , like a ...
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... give rise , in the mind , to the various ideas of light and shade , of shape and color , of distance and nearness , of beauty and deformity ; and thus disclose many fields of useful knowledge , which would otherwise have been shut , and ...
... give rise , in the mind , to the various ideas of light and shade , of shape and color , of distance and nearness , of beauty and deformity ; and thus disclose many fields of useful knowledge , which would otherwise have been shut , and ...
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... give full expression to his inward sentiments and feelings . Most assuredly , whoever contemplates these finely and skilfully adjusted relations , with candor , cannot fail to recognise an intelligent Designer . When we are asked how it ...
... give full expression to his inward sentiments and feelings . Most assuredly , whoever contemplates these finely and skilfully adjusted relations , with candor , cannot fail to recognise an intelligent Designer . When we are asked how it ...
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Page 298 - Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 311 - Seeing then, that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness...
Page 281 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went out after him, and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth ; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear ; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 50 - Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Page 41 - The path of the just is as the shining light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Page 310 - The first man is of the earth, earthy : the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy : and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Page 198 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 12 - I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.