Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons: Illustrating the Perfections of God in the Phenomena of the Year, Volumen 1Harper & brothers, 1847 |
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... Human Knowledge com- pared , The Satellites , Relative Proportions of the Planetary System , Distances of the Fixed Stars , Immensity of the Universe , Nebulæ , Binary Stars , THE MICROSCOPE . VI . SUNDAY . - Discoveries of the ...
... Human Knowledge com- pared , The Satellites , Relative Proportions of the Planetary System , Distances of the Fixed Stars , Immensity of the Universe , Nebulæ , Binary Stars , THE MICROSCOPE . VI . SUNDAY . - Discoveries of the ...
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... human mind takes its character from the nature of the subjects with which it is conversant , we may assuredly expect that it will be ennobled and refined , when it is humbly , judi- ciously , and piously occupied in investigating the ...
... human mind takes its character from the nature of the subjects with which it is conversant , we may assuredly expect that it will be ennobled and refined , when it is humbly , judi- ciously , and piously occupied in investigating the ...
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... human mind . But this arises from a defect , not merely in the language , but the conceptions of men ; and while we are sensible of the inadequacy of these expressions , we know not how to apply a remedy . In this , the Writer only ...
... human mind . But this arises from a defect , not merely in the language , but the conceptions of men ; and while we are sensible of the inadequacy of these expressions , we know not how to apply a remedy . In this , the Writer only ...
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... human soul , as if conscious of its ce- lestial origin , finds permanent enjoyment only in the cultivation of those faculties which prove its resemblance to its Creator . Nor has the Father of mercies left us without the means of such ...
... human soul , as if conscious of its ce- lestial origin , finds permanent enjoyment only in the cultivation of those faculties which prove its resemblance to its Creator . Nor has the Father of mercies left us without the means of such ...
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... human mind , to fill us with admiration of the Divine perfections , and to teach us the salutary lesson of our own insignificance . It does not require that we should dive into the mysteries of this science , by means of the telescope ...
... human mind , to fill us with admiration of the Divine perfections , and to teach us the salutary lesson of our own insignificance . It does not require that we should dive into the mysteries of this science , by means of the telescope ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 242 - 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 373 - And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
Página 355 - 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 77 - My grace is sufficient for thee, my strength is made perfect in weakness.
Página 368 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Página 374 - They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Página 225 - 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 354 - 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 146 - And blunts his pointed fury ; in its case, Russet and rude, folds up the tender germ Uninjured, with inimitable art ; And ere one flowery season fades and dies, Designs the blooming wonders of the next.
Página 350 - And 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.