Excelsior: Helps to Progress in Religion, Science, and Literature, Volumes 1-2James Hamilton James Nisbet and Company, Berners Street, 1854 |
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... rocks , ascribed to the Druids . From their occurring in regions where the Druids once abounded , and from the fact that at periods comparatively recent some of them were still surrounded by oaks or the roots of trees , there is little ...
... rocks , ascribed to the Druids . From their occurring in regions where the Druids once abounded , and from the fact that at periods comparatively recent some of them were still surrounded by oaks or the roots of trees , there is little ...
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... rocks and out of the sand , and also to grapple and get along with , for they enable it to raise itself on the ice . They are also powerful weapons of defence against the Polar bear and its other enemies . The walrus attains a great ...
... rocks and out of the sand , and also to grapple and get along with , for they enable it to raise itself on the ice . They are also powerful weapons of defence against the Polar bear and its other enemies . The walrus attains a great ...
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... Rock would be immensely more valuable than either . It is a greatness not measurable by rule and line , — not to be determined by bulk and weight ; it is to be estimated by far other qualities , -by the relative import- ance which the ...
... Rock would be immensely more valuable than either . It is a greatness not measurable by rule and line , — not to be determined by bulk and weight ; it is to be estimated by far other qualities , -by the relative import- ance which the ...
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... rock . The chemist knows that there are various sorts of air ; and in the atmosphere he recognises a highly compound substance . If we ask him of what it is composed , he will tell us it is a mixture of several gases , oxygen and ...
... rock . The chemist knows that there are various sorts of air ; and in the atmosphere he recognises a highly compound substance . If we ask him of what it is composed , he will tell us it is a mixture of several gases , oxygen and ...
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... rock , and there the female lays four white eggs , about the size of those of pigeons , on a bed of dry leaves , moss , or decayed wood . The male takes his share of incubation . The precise period of sitting was not ascertained , but ...
... rock , and there the female lays four white eggs , about the size of those of pigeons , on a bed of dry leaves , moss , or decayed wood . The male takes his share of incubation . The precise period of sitting was not ascertained , but ...
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Page 370 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Page 391 - Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
Page 83 - The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Page 402 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jaeet ! Lastly, whereas this book, by the title it hath, calls itself The First Part of tlie General History of the World...
Page 100 - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Page 393 - When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick : 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Page 139 - For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
Page 299 - My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. * He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
Page 145 - He is the chief of the ways of God : he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
Page 190 - Seeing then that we have a great High-priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.