| 1831 - 548 páginas
...sea ebbs and flows as when the same Almighty power first placed its bounds, and said, " Hither shalt thou come, and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." The earth continues to yield her increase at stated periods, and " man, the great master of... | |
| Richard Watson - 1831 - 458 páginas
...consist." He brake up for the sea " a decreed place, and set bars and doors, and said, Hitherto «halt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." " He looketh to the end of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven, to make the weight... | |
| Mary W. Howland - 1831 - 302 páginas
...toss, and roar, they can never pass over their bounds; for God has said to the ocean, " Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed," Letson VI. What are those great waters called that are not so <arge as the ocean? Seas, lakes,... | |
| Hervey Wilbur - 1831 - 170 páginas
...tempest tossed element, the devout mind finds the inscription from an invisible power, " hitherto shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." 'As the atmosphere is more 'easily agitated than water, doubtless both the Sun and Moon raise... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1833 - 576 páginas
...though they roar, yet can they not pass over it." He hath said to its rolling billows, " Hitherto shalt thou come, and no farther ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." — Are we spectators of storms and tempests, especially in the terrific grandeur they display... | |
| Mary W. Howland - 1834 - 288 páginas
...toss, and roar, they can never pass over their bounds; for God has said to the ocean, " Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." Lesson VI. What are those great waters called that are not so large as the ocean? Seas, lakes,... | |
| Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1834 - 226 páginas
...resounding billows, one is impressed with the words of inspiration, to the mighty ocean, " Hitherto shalt thou come, and no farther ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." The sea-birds, from the tiny peep, the long-legged snipe, the fine plovers, gray and blackbreasted,... | |
| 1847 - 600 páginas
...seems to baffle the powers of human science, and says to the pride of human intellect, ' Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.' Here, indeed, the most brilliant and profound analysts have continually to guess their way,... | |
| 1835 - 508 páginas
...achievements of their arts 'I — who shajl say, to the rolling tide of their prosperity,"thus far shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." Grateful and cheering is the prospect, in connection with the spreading power and wealth of... | |
| British and foreign sailors' society - 1845 - 516 páginas
...holds its waters " in the hollow of his hand," and who has said to its foaming surges, " Hitherto shalt thou come, and no farther; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." — Dick. SOME PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A NAVAL OFFICER. (Continued from Page 88.) At day-light... | |
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