Reflections on the Works of God, in the Various Kingdoms of Nature, and on the Ways of Providence, Displayed in the Government of the Universe, Bind 3Albion Press: printed for James Cundee, 1808 - 288 sider |
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... continually furnishing the material for spinning . The gum which distils through the two apertures takes the measure of its thickness from them , and is spun out into a double thread , which instantly acquires such consistency , that ...
... continually furnishing the material for spinning . The gum which distils through the two apertures takes the measure of its thickness from them , and is spun out into a double thread , which instantly acquires such consistency , that ...
Side 11
... continually falling , the spectator sees a new rainbow every moment , and as each observes these falling drops from a different situa- tion , it is impossible for him to see the same bow as another , but he beholds one totally different ...
... continually falling , the spectator sees a new rainbow every moment , and as each observes these falling drops from a different situa- tion , it is impossible for him to see the same bow as another , but he beholds one totally different ...
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... continually excited and continually gratified . There is no part of the day but what affords the purest pleasures to my senses or my mind . While the sun illumines the horizon I am amused with the sight of the animal or vegetable ...
... continually excited and continually gratified . There is no part of the day but what affords the purest pleasures to my senses or my mind . While the sun illumines the horizon I am amused with the sight of the animal or vegetable ...
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... continual motive of grateful adoration . JULY 7 . REFLECTIONS ON A FLOWER GARDEN , COME , reader , accompany me to the garden , and contemplate the manifold beauties with which this little spot is covered . The care , skill , and in ...
... continual motive of grateful adoration . JULY 7 . REFLECTIONS ON A FLOWER GARDEN , COME , reader , accompany me to the garden , and contemplate the manifold beauties with which this little spot is covered . The care , skill , and in ...
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... per- petual duration ? The world is a vast stage , on which the same actors are not destined continually to perform , but those which have finished . their Reflections on a flower garden . parts retire to make 20 [ JULY REFLECTIONS ON.
... per- petual duration ? The world is a vast stage , on which the same actors are not destined continually to perform , but those which have finished . their Reflections on a flower garden . parts retire to make 20 [ JULY REFLECTIONS ON.
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admiration adore afford Almighty animals appear astonishing atmosphere beauty behold birds blessings body bountiful butterfly caterpillars cause chyle clouds color contemplate continually covered Creator dear reader delight discover divine dog-star earth effects eggs endued excite existence eyes faculties Father feet fishes flowers fruits fungi globe glory grass gratitude hath heart heat heavens human ignes infinite inhabitants insects instincts juices kind kingdom light live Lord manner means moon motion Nature nests night nourishment objects observed occasion oviparous particles perceive perfect phenomena plants pleasures praise preservation prodigious produce quadrupeds rain rays rays of light reason reflect regions render resembling sider silk-worm sometimes songs of praise soul species spring subsistence substances surface thee things thou hast thousand thunder thunder-storms thy majesty tion trees tremely twilight vapors variety various vegetable viviparous whole wings wisdom wonderful worm zodiacal light
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Side 21 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Side 286 - Ye insects flutt'ring on the gale, In mutual concourse rise ; Crop the gay rose's vermeil bloom, And waft its spoils, a sweet perfume, In incense to the skies.
Side 91 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Side 278 - This art affords one of the most certain and irrefragable proofs of the amazing powers of the human understanding. This cannot be made more evident, than when, taking a retrospective view of the tottering, inartificial craft, to which navigation owes its origin, we compare it with a noble and...
Side 286 - Let every element rejoice : Ye thunders, burst with awful voice To him who bids you roll : His praise in softer notes declare, Each whisp'ring breeze of yielding air, And breathe it to the soul.
Side 287 - The gen'ral burst of joy* Ye whom the charms of grandeur please, Nurs'd on the downy lap of ease, Fall prostrate at his throne : Ye princes, rulers, all adore ; Praise him, ye kings, who makes your pow'r. An image of his own. Ye fair, by nature form'd to move, O praise th...
Side 141 - Whether ye eat or drink, or whatever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Side 103 - GOD. BLESS the Lord, O my soul : and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits : Who forgiveth all thine iniquities ; who healeth all thy diseases ; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Side 94 - Some observing men have of late attributed this very perplexing effect to the farina of the flowers of the barberry, which is in truth yellow, and resembles in some degree the appearance of the rust, or what is presumed to be the Blight in its early state.
Side 67 - It commonly begins by a cloud, which appears very small, and which mariners call the squall ; which augments in a little time into an enormous cloud of a cylindrical form, or that of a reversed cone, and produces a noise like an agitated sea, — sometimes emitting thunder and lightning, and also...