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Pagina 15
... furnished , so many materials to work up- on and to exercise our ingenuity with , in procuring to ourselves our daily bread - but are provided with so many friendly monitors , to sweeten , by their sugges- tions , our labours and ...
... furnished , so many materials to work up- on and to exercise our ingenuity with , in procuring to ourselves our daily bread - but are provided with so many friendly monitors , to sweeten , by their sugges- tions , our labours and ...
Pagina 25
... furnished materials for so many capitals , and which has been a quarry almost incessantly ran- sacked for more than two thousand years . No spot more impressively proclaims the mutability of human affairs ; and on comparing its for mer ...
... furnished materials for so many capitals , and which has been a quarry almost incessantly ran- sacked for more than two thousand years . No spot more impressively proclaims the mutability of human affairs ; and on comparing its for mer ...
Pagina 31
... furnished , -in the invention of glass , that admits the light of day into his habitation , —in the fire that warms , and renders it comfortable , in the ar tificial lights by which his days are lengthened out , and in that happy ...
... furnished , -in the invention of glass , that admits the light of day into his habitation , —in the fire that warms , and renders it comfortable , in the ar tificial lights by which his days are lengthened out , and in that happy ...
Pagina 125
... furnished , and still continues to fur- nish , for our public works : + and that almost infinite * . It is in rocks of this description , that the mines of Leadhills , and Wanlockhead , and the antimony mine in the neighbourhood of ...
... furnished , and still continues to fur- nish , for our public works : + and that almost infinite * . It is in rocks of this description , that the mines of Leadhills , and Wanlockhead , and the antimony mine in the neighbourhood of ...
Pagina 132
... furnish the principal supplies of the mineral salt of commerce ; t - and , if another descrip tion , the white sandstone , known also by the name of freestone , is not so much distinguished by the valuable deposits with which it is ...
... furnish the principal supplies of the mineral salt of commerce ; t - and , if another descrip tion , the white sandstone , known also by the name of freestone , is not so much distinguished by the valuable deposits with which it is ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina viii - But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Pagina 115 - How can it enter into the thoughts of man, that the soul, which is capable of such immense perfections, and of receiving new improvements, to all eternity, shall fall away into nothing, almost as soon as it is created...
Pagina viii - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin; and yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Pagina vi - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Pagina xxx - Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not : eyes have they, but they see not...
Pagina xi - Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season; naked and alone; surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage.
Pagina xix - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Pagina 88 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies : The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.