The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Volume 2Francis S. Wiggins, 1832 |
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... directions , and rear their projecting summits beyond the region of the clouds - we should find some difficulty in forming an adequate conception of the objects of our contemplation . For , ( to use the words of one who had been a ...
... directions , and rear their projecting summits beyond the region of the clouds - we should find some difficulty in forming an adequate conception of the objects of our contemplation . For , ( to use the words of one who had been a ...
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... direction , forming a circle 80 miles in diameter , and 250 in circumference , and comprehending an area of 5,000 square miles . In such a situation , the terrestrial scene around and beneath us , consisting of hills and plains , towns ...
... direction , forming a circle 80 miles in diameter , and 250 in circumference , and comprehending an area of 5,000 square miles . In such a situation , the terrestrial scene around and beneath us , consisting of hills and plains , towns ...
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... direction , and into the interior of New - England in the other . It The site itself is delightful . Few , if any , excel it . The buildings are on an eminence , about one half mile from the river , commanding a view of the town , some ...
... direction , and into the interior of New - England in the other . It The site itself is delightful . Few , if any , excel it . The buildings are on an eminence , about one half mile from the river , commanding a view of the town , some ...
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... direction . The solid contents of this ponderous ball is no less than 263,858,149,120 cubical miles - a mass of material substance of which we can form but a very faint and imperfect conception - in proportion to which , all the lofty ...
... direction . The solid contents of this ponderous ball is no less than 263,858,149,120 cubical miles - a mass of material substance of which we can form but a very faint and imperfect conception - in proportion to which , all the lofty ...
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... direction , he transgressed Quaker principles sadly , by catching the enthusiasm of the times , and en- listing as a soldier under General Forbes , who pro- ceeded with a body of troops in search of the relics of the gallant army that ...
... direction , he transgressed Quaker principles sadly , by catching the enthusiasm of the times , and en- listing as a soldier under General Forbes , who pro- ceeded with a body of troops in search of the relics of the gallant army that ...
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Page 299 - Temple of it ;" — that city from above, which hath " no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it ; for the glory of God doth lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 18 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 273 - 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.
Page 319 - There are- many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence; virtue itself looks like weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice.
Page 406 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — (" Treason," cried the Speaker — " treason, treason ", echoed from every part of the House.
Page 31 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till, o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Page 61 - O unexpected stroke, worse than of death ! Must I thus leave thee, Paradise ? thus leave Thee, native soil ! these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of gods ? where I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both.
Page 79 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 233 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Page 249 - THERE'S beauty all around our paths, if but our watchful eyes Can trace it midst familiar things, and through their lowly guise...