The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Volume 2Francis S. Wiggins, 1832 |
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... islands , might be seen rising a few fathoms above the surface of the waters . The earth is a globe , whose diameter is nearly 8,000 miles , and its circumference about 25,000 , and , conse- quently its surface contains nearly two ...
... islands , might be seen rising a few fathoms above the surface of the waters . The earth is a globe , whose diameter is nearly 8,000 miles , and its circumference about 25,000 , and , conse- quently its surface contains nearly two ...
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... islands ; one land produced , another destroyed ; the bottom of the ocean becomes a fertile soil ; whole races of animals extinct , and the bones and exuvia of one class covered with the remains of another : and upon the graves of past ...
... islands ; one land produced , another destroyed ; the bottom of the ocean becomes a fertile soil ; whole races of animals extinct , and the bones and exuvia of one class covered with the remains of another : and upon the graves of past ...
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... islands , bathed in glory lie ; - When to the South , to swelling gem - buds given , Come the bland kisses of the loving air , Burdened with balm , and wandering forth in heaven , While sounds of brooks and birds are mingling there ...
... islands , bathed in glory lie ; - When to the South , to swelling gem - buds given , Come the bland kisses of the loving air , Burdened with balm , and wandering forth in heaven , While sounds of brooks and birds are mingling there ...
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... islands , and oceans , on its surface , and the foundations on which they are sup- ported . We have the strongest reasons , however , to conclude , that the earth , in its general structure , is one solid mass , from the surface to the ...
... islands , and oceans , on its surface , and the foundations on which they are sup- ported . We have the strongest reasons , however , to conclude , that the earth , in its general structure , is one solid mass , from the surface to the ...
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... islands , and their subsequent wild state , are thus described by a powerful writer . " But here the curious reader may , perhaps , inquire , how so many wild dogs came here . The occasion was , the Spaniards having possessed these ...
... islands , and their subsequent wild state , are thus described by a powerful writer . " But here the curious reader may , perhaps , inquire , how so many wild dogs came here . The occasion was , the Spaniards having possessed these ...
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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...