The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Volumul 3Francis S. Wiggins, 1833 |
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Pagina 6
... turn came . While his father was teach- ing one of his elder brothers , James was secretly oc- cupied in listening to what was going on ; and , as soon as he was left alone , used to get hold of the book and work hard in endeavoring to ...
... turn came . While his father was teach- ing one of his elder brothers , James was secretly oc- cupied in listening to what was going on ; and , as soon as he was left alone , used to get hold of the book and work hard in endeavoring to ...
Pagina 7
... turning lathe of his father's and a little knife wherewith to fashion his blocks and wheels , and the other contrivances he needed for his ex- periments . After having made his discoveries , how- ever , he next , he tells us , proceeded ...
... turning lathe of his father's and a little knife wherewith to fashion his blocks and wheels , and the other contrivances he needed for his ex- periments . After having made his discoveries , how- ever , he next , he tells us , proceeded ...
Pagina 15
... turn immediately from the lilac tree to the building , but always went for a load of clay . There seemed to us , therefore , to be only two ways to explain the circum- stance ; she must either have applied to the lilac blos- soms to ...
... turn immediately from the lilac tree to the building , but always went for a load of clay . There seemed to us , therefore , to be only two ways to explain the circum- stance ; she must either have applied to the lilac blos- soms to ...
Pagina 18
... turn to ashes on the lips . " The dreadful judgment of the cities of the plain , re- corded in sacred history , the desolation around the Dead Sea , the extreme saltness of its waters , the bitu- men , and , as is reported , the smoke ...
... turn to ashes on the lips . " The dreadful judgment of the cities of the plain , re- corded in sacred history , the desolation around the Dead Sea , the extreme saltness of its waters , the bitu- men , and , as is reported , the smoke ...
Pagina 20
... turn is 575 years and its distance from the sun is 13 mil- lions of miles . This Comet passed by the earth's orbit in the year of the universal deluge , and by its attraction , is supposed to have assisted in elevating the waters , and ...
... turn is 575 years and its distance from the sun is 13 mil- lions of miles . This Comet passed by the earth's orbit in the year of the universal deluge , and by its attraction , is supposed to have assisted in elevating the waters , and ...
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Ajalon ancient animal appear arch Asphaltites beautiful body breath bright called cataract Christian church clouds covered cultivated dark dead Dead Sea death deep delightful distance earth Egypt Falls father feel feet fire flowers friends fruit Gibeon glory grave hath heart heaven height hills holy Horseshoe Fall human hundred inhabitants insect island Jericho Jordan Josephus Judea lake Lake George land lava light living lofty Lord miles mind moon Mount mountain mouth Nassau Hall nature nearly never night o'er observed Palestine pass plain plants pleasure present rise river river Ta rock round ruins scene Scriptures seen side situated soul species spirit spot spring stars stone Strabo stream summit surrounded Tattler Tentyra thee thing thou thought thousand tion tivated Torre del Greco town traveller trees valley volcano walls whole winds wings
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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.