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... consider the cli- mate adapted to these existences , as them to the climate . There are necessarily great varieties of climates from the equator to the arctic circle , and , in them all , we dis- cover a most admirable fitting of the ...
... consider the cli- mate adapted to these existences , as them to the climate . There are necessarily great varieties of climates from the equator to the arctic circle , and , in them all , we dis- cover a most admirable fitting of the ...
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... consider that all the lovely variety of the phenomena of our spring , and all the benefits accruing to commerce and civiliza- tion , from the present varied distribution of plants , are simply produced by modifications of the solar heat ...
... consider that all the lovely variety of the phenomena of our spring , and all the benefits accruing to commerce and civiliza- tion , from the present varied distribution of plants , are simply produced by modifications of the solar heat ...
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... consider their structure and functions , the more forcibly are we impressed with their peculiar beauty and utility . Here , again , are we called upon to admire the unfathomable wisdom and power of the Creator , whose contriving hand ...
... consider their structure and functions , the more forcibly are we impressed with their peculiar beauty and utility . Here , again , are we called upon to admire the unfathomable wisdom and power of the Creator , whose contriving hand ...
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... considering the various processes of spring , I intend now to advert . The earth is surrounded with an atmosphere of air , and into this another atmosphere , namely , that of water , in the form of steam or vapour , is introduced by ...
... considering the various processes of spring , I intend now to advert . The earth is surrounded with an atmosphere of air , and into this another atmosphere , namely , that of water , in the form of steam or vapour , is introduced by ...
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... consider- able surface , and rise to the level of the lowest outlet , through which they will then pass on in their way to the sea . The higher the waters have to rise before find- ing egress , the broader and deeper usually will be the ...
... consider- able surface , and rise to the level of the lowest outlet , through which they will then pass on in their way to the sea . The higher the waters have to rise before find- ing egress , the broader and deeper usually will be the ...
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Page 101 - Seeing then, that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness...
Page 35 - See the wretch that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again ; The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Page 70 - Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain ; it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain. But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him ; and to every seed his own body.
Page 372 - And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Page 39 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 235 - And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Page 372 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent...
Page 235 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary...
Page 133 - Alternate triumphed in his breast ; His bliss and woe— a smile, a tear ! Oblivion hides the rest. The bounding pulse, the languid limb, The changing spirits' rise and fall; We know that these were felt by him, For these are felt by all.
Page 235 - And the eye cannot say to the hand, ' I have no need of thee ' ; nor again the head to the feet,