Excelsior: Helps to Progress in Religion, Science, and Literature, Volume 1James Nisbet and Company, Berners Street, 1854 |
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Page 89
... rocks above him Laughed at the mirth he made . The boat that bore him thither Lay idle on the shore , His pearly boat that fast could float Without or sail or oar . The fresh young leaves on the hoar old trees Quivered and fluttered in ...
... rocks above him Laughed at the mirth he made . The boat that bore him thither Lay idle on the shore , His pearly boat that fast could float Without or sail or oar . The fresh young leaves on the hoar old trees Quivered and fluttered in ...
Page 116
... rock that the plant derives its lime and potash , its silica , phosphoric acid , and sulphur ; but the great bulk of every tree or herb is composed of three elements , carbon , hydrogen , and oxygen , along with a little nitrogen . In ...
... rock that the plant derives its lime and potash , its silica , phosphoric acid , and sulphur ; but the great bulk of every tree or herb is composed of three elements , carbon , hydrogen , and oxygen , along with a little nitrogen . In ...
Page 118
... rocks , the air , and the clouds , afford it all the materials of its growth . Equally true is it that the animal is wholly supported by the veget- able kingdom . Indeed , this is the best distinction that can be drawn between these two ...
... rocks , the air , and the clouds , afford it all the materials of its growth . Equally true is it that the animal is wholly supported by the veget- able kingdom . Indeed , this is the best distinction that can be drawn between these two ...
Page 119
... rock . The coral reef was raised by gradual upheavals till it stood high and dry above the water . The tiny inhabitants of course were dead , but their solid abodes became a limestone rock . There our particle of carbon , as carbonic ...
... rock . The coral reef was raised by gradual upheavals till it stood high and dry above the water . The tiny inhabitants of course were dead , but their solid abodes became a limestone rock . There our particle of carbon , as carbonic ...
Page 122
... rocks with a perpendicular descent . All the neighbourhood of this stream was a fine wood ; and even the huge masses of rock which hung over the water , and which , by their various projec- tions , formed the inequalities of the channel ...
... rocks with a perpendicular descent . All the neighbourhood of this stream was a fine wood ; and even the huge masses of rock which hung over the water , and which , by their various projec- tions , formed the inequalities of the channel ...
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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.