Excelsior: Helps to Progress in Religion, Science, and Literature, Volume 1James Nisbet and Company, Berners Street, 1854 |
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Page 110
... described in the preceding paper ; but on the least disturb- ance it shrinks , a little shapeless ball , down to the very bot- tom of its tube . Sometimes two animals dwell in the same tube , and their amicable movements are viewed with ...
... described in the preceding paper ; but on the least disturb- ance it shrinks , a little shapeless ball , down to the very bot- tom of its tube . Sometimes two animals dwell in the same tube , and their amicable movements are viewed with ...
Page 122
... described in the voyage of that great circumnavigator . A party , on one bright and beautiful morning ( as we trust it was ) , had proceeded to view a grand rapid in the Isle of Quibo : - 66 " Near the north - east point of the island ...
... described in the voyage of that great circumnavigator . A party , on one bright and beautiful morning ( as we trust it was ) , had proceeded to view a grand rapid in the Isle of Quibo : - 66 " Near the north - east point of the island ...
Page 123
... described , this wonder . He says well and briefly , " It is a grand sight in ornithology to see thousands of aras flying over your head , low enough to let you have a full view of their flaming mantle . " The macaws are all natives of ...
... described , this wonder . He says well and briefly , " It is a grand sight in ornithology to see thousands of aras flying over your head , low enough to let you have a full view of their flaming mantle . " The macaws are all natives of ...
Page 128
... described by the Rev. W. Yate , who says it feeds on all kinds of fruit , berries , and fari- naceous roots . It bites holes in trees , in which it makes its nest , and lays four , sometimes five eggs , of a pure white . Three birds are ...
... described by the Rev. W. Yate , who says it feeds on all kinds of fruit , berries , and fari- naceous roots . It bites holes in trees , in which it makes its nest , and lays four , sometimes five eggs , of a pure white . Three birds are ...
Page 130
... described its manners with his usual intelligence and precision . Whether the power of perching is entirely denied to this bird has not been clearly ascertained , but it has never been seen upon a tree , nor can any device induce it to ...
... described its manners with his usual intelligence and precision . Whether the power of perching is entirely denied to this bird has not been clearly ascertained , but it has never been seen upon a tree , nor can any device induce it to ...
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Page 392 - 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 81 - 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 414 - And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
Page 415 - 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 283 - All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
Page 268 - Jerusalem, my happy home, When shall I come to thee ? When shall my sorrows have an end, Thy joys when shall I see...
Page 323 - 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 120 - The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 143 - He is the chief of the ways of God : he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
Page 204 - 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.