Excelsior: Helps to Progress in Religion, Science, and Literature, Volume 1James Nisbet and Company, Berners Street, 1854 |
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Page 109
... surface of the body is in many species clothed with delicate cilia , which act as paddles to row the animal rapidly along . A few of the more highly organised genera are furnished with bristles , styles , or hooks , which appear to be ...
... surface of the body is in many species clothed with delicate cilia , which act as paddles to row the animal rapidly along . A few of the more highly organised genera are furnished with bristles , styles , or hooks , which appear to be ...
Page 111
... surface of stagnant ponds may often be seen , especially in spring , a stratum of what looks like a bright green powder . If a small quantity of this be taken up and examined , many curious and beautiful forms will be disco- vered . A ...
... surface of stagnant ponds may often be seen , especially in spring , a stratum of what looks like a bright green powder . If a small quantity of this be taken up and examined , many curious and beautiful forms will be disco- vered . A ...
Page 125
... surface of the lake , it spins upward with incon- ceivable velocity , and with the strangest contortions . In vain the ter- rified cockatoos strive to avoid it : it sweeps wildly and uncertainly through the air , and so eccentric are ...
... surface of the lake , it spins upward with incon- ceivable velocity , and with the strangest contortions . In vain the ter- rified cockatoos strive to avoid it : it sweeps wildly and uncertainly through the air , and so eccentric are ...
Page 130
... surface , goes with great rapidity , making several zig - zag turns in the short distance of a hun- dred yards , beyond which it rarely passes without again reaching the ground . Its flesh is excellent , being , in Mr. Gould's opinion ...
... surface , goes with great rapidity , making several zig - zag turns in the short distance of a hun- dred yards , beyond which it rarely passes without again reaching the ground . Its flesh is excellent , being , in Mr. Gould's opinion ...
Page 131
... surface scarlet ; the neck and wings green ; the rump and upper tail - coverts are of a deep rich blue ; the tail is black , the bill scarlet , the legs brown . In the female , the head and upper surface are green . An- other species ...
... surface scarlet ; the neck and wings green ; the rump and upper tail - coverts are of a deep rich blue ; the tail is black , the bill scarlet , the legs brown . In the female , the head and upper surface are green . An- other species ...
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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.