Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons: Illustratring the Perfections of God in the Phenomena of the Year, Volumen 1Marsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb, 1839 |
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... Planetary System , 96 The Sun as the Source of Light and Heat , 99 Motions of the Planets , 102 Resisting Medium , 105 v . SUNDAY . — Divine and Human Knowledge com- pared , 110 The Satellites , 114 Relative Proportions of the Planetary ...
... Planetary System , 96 The Sun as the Source of Light and Heat , 99 Motions of the Planets , 102 Resisting Medium , 105 v . SUNDAY . — Divine and Human Knowledge com- pared , 110 The Satellites , 114 Relative Proportions of the Planetary ...
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... planets in their course . " * The globular figure of the earth , which is the result of this law , and which may easily be shown to possess many important advantages , presents this formidable dif- ficulty , that the rays of the sun ...
... planets in their course . " * The globular figure of the earth , which is the result of this law , and which may easily be shown to possess many important advantages , presents this formidable dif- ficulty , that the rays of the sun ...
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... planets , performs an annual revolution round the sun , is made to take this course , not in an erect , but in an inclined position ; by which means the pole , which leant toward the sun in one part of the course , leans away from it in ...
... planets , performs an annual revolution round the sun , is made to take this course , not in an erect , but in an inclined position ; by which means the pole , which leant toward the sun in one part of the course , leans away from it in ...
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... planetary world is about to be revealed to us ; " and , at all events , there does seem * [ That is , the star designated by the letter Gamma in the constella- tion Leo . Gamma is the third letter of the Greek alphabet , and is used by ...
... planetary world is about to be revealed to us ; " and , at all events , there does seem * [ That is , the star designated by the letter Gamma in the constella- tion Leo . Gamma is the third letter of the Greek alphabet , and is used by ...
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... planetary system with which we are connected , and thence to the amazing dis- tances of the fixed stars , and thence , again , to those little spaces in the heavens called nebulæ , full of thousands and tens of thousands of worlds , in ...
... planetary system with which we are connected , and thence to the amazing dis- tances of the fixed stars , and thence , again , to those little spaces in the heavens called nebulæ , full of thousands and tens of thousands of worlds , in ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 252 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings; so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Página 365 - And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Página 378 - And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud...
Página 235 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Página 364 - I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Página 57 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me," even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and...
Página 366 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Página 325 - He will come and will not tarry, 'be diligent, that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless.
Página 366 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man : All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Página 379 - O'er mountain, tower, and town, Or, mirrored in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem. As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam. For, faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds thy span • Nor lets the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man.