The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Volumul 3Francis S. Wiggins, 1833 |
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Pagina 7
... body ; and while his flock was feeding around him , he used to busy himself in making models of mills , spinning wheels , & c . during the day , and in 66 66 studying the stars at night , like his Pursuit of Knowledge . 7 Nassau Hall ...
... body ; and while his flock was feeding around him , he used to busy himself in making models of mills , spinning wheels , & c . during the day , and in 66 66 studying the stars at night , like his Pursuit of Knowledge . 7 Nassau Hall ...
Pagina 41
... body in nature ) could not travel in the space of three years ; and which a ball , moving at the rate of 500 miles an hour , would not traverse in four millions five hundred thousand years , or 750 times the period which has elapsed ...
... body in nature ) could not travel in the space of three years ; and which a ball , moving at the rate of 500 miles an hour , would not traverse in four millions five hundred thousand years , or 750 times the period which has elapsed ...
Pagina 45
... body of water . The SEA OF GALILEE , through which the Jordan flows , was anciently called the Sea of Chinnereth ( Numb . xxxiv . 11 , ) or Cinneroth ( Josh . xii . 3. ) from its vicinity to the town of that name ; afterwards Genesar ...
... body of water . The SEA OF GALILEE , through which the Jordan flows , was anciently called the Sea of Chinnereth ( Numb . xxxiv . 11 , ) or Cinneroth ( Josh . xii . 3. ) from its vicinity to the town of that name ; afterwards Genesar ...
Pagina 58
... the tail ; from six to seven feet high ; and the circumference of its body is nearly equal to its length . It is therefore equal to the elephant in bulk , and the reason of its appearing so much smaller to 58 The Unicorn .
... the tail ; from six to seven feet high ; and the circumference of its body is nearly equal to its length . It is therefore equal to the elephant in bulk , and the reason of its appearing so much smaller to 58 The Unicorn .
Pagina 59
... body in folds in a very peculiar man- ner ; if we run the fingers under one of these folds it feels like a board half an inch thick , but between the folds the skin is as smooth and soft as silk . The skin of the folds is of a brown ...
... body in folds in a very peculiar man- ner ; if we run the fingers under one of these folds it feels like a board half an inch thick , but between the folds the skin is as smooth and soft as silk . The skin of the folds is of a brown ...
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Pagina 29 - Thou shalt ° not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Pagina 348 - And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Pagina 180 - Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green, So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Pagina 226 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up, and thrust Him out of the city, and led Him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast Him down headlong.
Pagina 210 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears ; soft stillness, and the night, Become the touches of swedt harmony.
Pagina 140 - It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves ; springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
Pagina 144 - If Thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned; and know that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy.
Pagina 57 - Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow ? or will he harrow the valleys after thee...
Pagina 210 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Pagina 403 - It is a happy world after all. The air, the earth, the water, teem with delighted existence. In a spring noon, or a summer evening, on whichever side I turn my eyes, myriads of happy beings crowd upon my view. " The insect youth are on the wing.