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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Side 18
... eye - witness of these wonders of God , come and render unto him , in the presence of his creatures , that tribute of thanksgiving which is so justly his due . Shut not thine ears to the voice of his grace ; harden not thy heart against ...
... eye - witness of these wonders of God , come and render unto him , in the presence of his creatures , that tribute of thanksgiving which is so justly his due . Shut not thine ears to the voice of his grace ; harden not thy heart against ...
Side 34
... eyes to the numerous and extensive bene- fits which in every case are conferred by them on mankind , and the universe in general . How dif- ferent would be our language , if God , indignant at our murmurs and our ingratitude , were to ...
... eyes to the numerous and extensive bene- fits which in every case are conferred by them on mankind , and the universe in general . How dif- ferent would be our language , if God , indignant at our murmurs and our ingratitude , were to ...
Side 40
... eye we may perceive that the moon is a sphere which receives its light from the sun . When she is , therefore , nearly in a direct line between the earth and the sun , her en- lightened half is turned towards that luminary , and the ...
... eye we may perceive that the moon is a sphere which receives its light from the sun . When she is , therefore , nearly in a direct line between the earth and the sun , her en- lightened half is turned towards that luminary , and the ...
Side 46
... eye . One generation succeeds another , as long as man can enjoy the pleasing spectacle . At length , when in- clement winter arrives to confine us within our ha- bitations , Nature produces other vegetables , which , though less ...
... eye . One generation succeeds another , as long as man can enjoy the pleasing spectacle . At length , when in- clement winter arrives to confine us within our ha- bitations , Nature produces other vegetables , which , though less ...
Side 48
... eye becomes weary of beholding the same objects . How delightful , on the contrary , is the incessant variety of the meadows and fields ! With this con- tinual change of objects and the expansive prospect the eye can never be cloyed ...
... eye becomes weary of beholding the same objects . How delightful , on the contrary , is the incessant variety of the meadows and fields ! With this con- tinual change of objects and the expansive prospect the eye can never be cloyed ...
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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...