The Creation: A Series of Letters from a Father to His ChildrenSamuel Bagster and Sons, 1844 - 398 pages |
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... miles in a second , while sound comes on at the slow and tardy rate of only 13 miles a minute . The difference between the velo- city of sound and light is also witnessed in a thunder - storm : if an inter- val elapses between the ...
... miles in a second , while sound comes on at the slow and tardy rate of only 13 miles a minute . The difference between the velo- city of sound and light is also witnessed in a thunder - storm : if an inter- val elapses between the ...
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... miles , * expanding all the while as it ascends ; and at that height it becomes so rarified that it cannot be respired : indeed , Æronauts , or air sailors , as the word means , who have never ascended beyond 54 miles , have even then ...
... miles , * expanding all the while as it ascends ; and at that height it becomes so rarified that it cannot be respired : indeed , Æronauts , or air sailors , as the word means , who have never ascended beyond 54 miles , have even then ...
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... miles distant from its mouth , and pouring down its torrents , till at last , through its seven streams , it also empties itself into the Great Sea . Then , again , if you trace the left side , there are the Ebro in Spain , the Rhone in ...
... miles distant from its mouth , and pouring down its torrents , till at last , through its seven streams , it also empties itself into the Great Sea . Then , again , if you trace the left side , there are the Ebro in Spain , the Rhone in ...
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... miles in height , yet it does not refract the rays of light beyond that ; but within that distance the rays of the sun come to us in a bent or arched line , and thus , excepting when the heavenly bodies are in the Zenith , that is ...
... miles in height , yet it does not refract the rays of light beyond that ; but within that distance the rays of the sun come to us in a bent or arched line , and thus , excepting when the heavenly bodies are in the Zenith , that is ...
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... on a beautiful vessel , with every sail spread , almost seeming instinct with life , hastening on at the rate of ten or twelve miles an hour , one can hardly the straggling zephyr . I have sometimes been struck with 30 THE CREATION .
... on a beautiful vessel , with every sail spread , almost seeming instinct with life , hastening on at the rate of ten or twelve miles an hour , one can hardly the straggling zephyr . I have sometimes been struck with 30 THE CREATION .
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Page 49 - No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Page 356 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 359 - No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Page 79 - Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, That Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 369 - But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth : and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Page 244 - Hast thou not known ? hast thou not heard, That the everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither is weary ? There is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; And to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength ; They shall mount up with wings as eagles ; They shall run, and not be weary ; And...
Page 92 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Page 47 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains.
Page 46 - God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness : and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Page 240 - And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.