The Life of John Buncle, Esq, Volume 2S. Prowett, 1825 |
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... Wonderful are thy works , O Lord God Almighty ! A leaf of sorrel in this microscope exhibited to my eye oblong , rough and straight atoms , sharp as needles , and from thence the tongue is twinged . In a bud cut away with a fine needle ...
... Wonderful are thy works , O Lord God Almighty ! A leaf of sorrel in this microscope exhibited to my eye oblong , rough and straight atoms , sharp as needles , and from thence the tongue is twinged . In a bud cut away with a fine needle ...
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... and opened , contracted , and penetrated , in a wonderful manner . The first that was brought on the stage was the flea , and to shew us what an active one he was , he sprung and bounced at a strange rate : the velocity 223 THE LIFE OF.
... and opened , contracted , and penetrated , in a wonderful manner . The first that was brought on the stage was the flea , and to shew us what an active one he was , he sprung and bounced at a strange rate : the velocity 223 THE LIFE OF.
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... wonderful affair : nor was it the least part of admiration to see through the extraordinary transparencies of the louse , the violent circulation of the blood in its heart . This was as plain to my eye , as red liquor forced by a pump ...
... wonderful affair : nor was it the least part of admiration to see through the extraordinary transparencies of the louse , the violent circulation of the blood in its heart . This was as plain to my eye , as red liquor forced by a pump ...
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... wonderful appearance in his greatly magnified state . It is the largest of the spider kind , except the native of Apulia , called the Tarantula , and is furnished at the head with a hard black forceps , which resembles that of the ...
... wonderful appearance in his greatly magnified state . It is the largest of the spider kind , except the native of Apulia , called the Tarantula , and is furnished at the head with a hard black forceps , which resembles that of the ...
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... wonderful arrangement of the intestines of a flea , the motion and ebullition of the blood of a louse , the various spiders , their forms , so astonishingly framed , the gnat , that elephant in so small a minia- ture , the amazing form ...
... wonderful arrangement of the intestines of a flea , the motion and ebullition of the blood of a louse , the various spiders , their forms , so astonishingly framed , the gnat , that elephant in so small a minia- ture , the amazing form ...
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Page 232 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 87 - Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength : and honour, and glory, and blessing. Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne : and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 183 - He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. ^(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive : for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) ^Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Page 327 - My ground and belief is, that there is but one God and one mediator between God and man...
Page 226 - 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 jacet.
Page 86 - And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
Page 31 - Take away the dross from the silver, And there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. Take away the wicked from before the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Page 312 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Page 251 - They shall not labour in vain. Nor bring forth for trouble ; For they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, And their offspring with them.
Page 316 - And through the mists of passion and of sense, And through the tossing tide of chance and pain, To hold his course unfaltering, while the voice Of Truth and Virtue up the steep ascent Of Nature calls him to his high reward, 'The applauding smile of Heaven...