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... fact is so familiar in the element of water , as well as in the extensive col- lections of vapor , which are soon embodied into clouds , that it is only necessary to make a mere allusion to them . That the same principle governs in ...
... fact is so familiar in the element of water , as well as in the extensive col- lections of vapor , which are soon embodied into clouds , that it is only necessary to make a mere allusion to them . That the same principle governs in ...
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... fact to be , that aggregation takes place more easily and more rapidly in an open country , or at the foot of high hills , where the land is level and well cleared , owing to the increased quantity of heat that is presumed to be ...
... fact to be , that aggregation takes place more easily and more rapidly in an open country , or at the foot of high hills , where the land is level and well cleared , owing to the increased quantity of heat that is presumed to be ...
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... fact is familiar to us all , that after the commencement of cool weather , we have sel- dom any thunder . The reason of this appears sufficiently obvious . The great portion of oppressive heat is withdrawn from this division of the ...
... fact is familiar to us all , that after the commencement of cool weather , we have sel- dom any thunder . The reason of this appears sufficiently obvious . The great portion of oppressive heat is withdrawn from this division of the ...
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... facts in relation to the transmission of sound through the air , and offer a theory of thunder- showers , and of west and ... fact , that the ridge mentioned above was wholly in- visible , and that too in an unusually serene state of the ...
... facts in relation to the transmission of sound through the air , and offer a theory of thunder- showers , and of west and ... fact , that the ridge mentioned above was wholly in- visible , and that too in an unusually serene state of the ...
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... fact , was remembered , that our necessities could require ; and you may well imagine the depth of our gratitude . " The devouring element robbed me of many a valued keepsake from friends at home , but nothing grived me so much as the ...
... fact , was remembered , that our necessities could require ; and you may well imagine the depth of our gratitude . " The devouring element robbed me of many a valued keepsake from friends at home , but nothing grived me so much as the ...
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Page 227 - Shaped by himself with newly-learned art; A wedding or a festival, A mourning or a funeral; And this hath now his heart, And unto this he frames his song : Then will he fit his tongue To dialogues of business, love, or strife: But it will not be long Ere this be thrown aside, And with new joy and pride The little Actor cons another part; Filling from time to time his 'humorous stage...
Page 449 - But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity.
Page 213 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Page 223 - On the demise of a person of eminence, it is confidently averred that he had a hand "open as day to melting charity," and that "take him for all in all, we ne'er shall look upon his like again.
Page 214 - Sudden the impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains away. The helpless traveller, with wild surprise, Sees the dry desert all around him rise, And, smothered in the dusty whirlwind, dies.
Page 360 - O'er a low couch the setting sun had thrown its latest ray, Where in his last strong agony a dying' warrior lay, The stern old Baron Rudiger, whose frame had ne'er been bent By wasting pain, till time and toil its iron strength had spent. "They come around me here, and say my days of life are o'er, That I shall mount my noble steed and lead my band no more ; They come, and to my beard they dare to tell me now, that I, Their own liege lord and master born, — that I, ha ! ha ! must die.
Page 392 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds and fourfooted beasts and creeping things.
Page 394 - And is there care in Heaven ? and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is: else much more wretched were the case Of men than beasts: but...
Page 60 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast, Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge. And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf ning clamours in the slippery clouds...
Page 494 - Wherefore, take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day ; and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness, and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace ; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God...