The Book of Nature Laid Open: In a Popular Survey of the Phenomena and Constitution of the UniverseJ. Milligan, 1822 - 281 pagina's |
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Pagina 10
... deep . Here also in these dark recesses are conveniently laid up , a variety of strata of Stones , and beds of Fossils ; and ' hence derive their origin a number of valuable Jewels and transparent Gems , as well as the firm and compact ...
... deep . Here also in these dark recesses are conveniently laid up , a variety of strata of Stones , and beds of Fossils ; and ' hence derive their origin a number of valuable Jewels and transparent Gems , as well as the firm and compact ...
Pagina 15
... deep - sunk glen , imbosomed among rocks , recedes from the eye , and screens the little rivulet that glides along its bottom ; there , the lofty summits of the Andes and the Alps , with cloud capt tops wrapt in garments of perpetual ...
... deep - sunk glen , imbosomed among rocks , recedes from the eye , and screens the little rivulet that glides along its bottom ; there , the lofty summits of the Andes and the Alps , with cloud capt tops wrapt in garments of perpetual ...
Pagina 17
... deep - sunk bosom of the valley , or the lee - side of the mountain , defend us from the fury of the tem- pest , and shelter us from the raging storm . By this happy diversity of towering mountain and sinking dale , we have a variety of ...
... deep - sunk bosom of the valley , or the lee - side of the mountain , defend us from the fury of the tem- pest , and shelter us from the raging storm . By this happy diversity of towering mountain and sinking dale , we have a variety of ...
Pagina 18
... into canals it helps the deep- laden barge forward in its progress ; confined into dams it sets the ponderous mill - wheel in motion ; òr evaporated into steam , it puts in play the massy 18 BOOK OF NATURE LAID OPEN . Springs and rivers,
... into canals it helps the deep- laden barge forward in its progress ; confined into dams it sets the ponderous mill - wheel in motion ; òr evaporated into steam , it puts in play the massy 18 BOOK OF NATURE LAID OPEN . Springs and rivers,
Pagina 21
... deep vallies , present themselves , what room would be left for tillage ? What incredible labour and fatigue in travelling ! What insurmountable barriers to the purposes of trade and commerce ! But these facilitate the operations of ...
... deep vallies , present themselves , what room would be left for tillage ? What incredible labour and fatigue in travelling ! What insurmountable barriers to the purposes of trade and commerce ! But these facilitate the operations of ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 196 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...
Pagina 68 - Nestling repair, and to the Thicket some; Some to the rude Protection of the Thorn Commit their feeble Offspring. The cleft Tree Offers its kind Concealment to a Few, Their Food its Insects, and its Moss their Nests. Others apart far in the grassy Dale, Or roughening Waste, their humble Texture weave.
Pagina 98 - The impetuous song, and say from whom you rage. His praise, ye brooks, attune, ye trembling rills ; And let me catch it as I muse along. Ye headlong torrents, rapid and profound ; Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale ; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound His stupendous praise whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall.
Pagina 188 - Behold, fond man ! See here thy pictured life ; pass some few years, Thy flowering Spring, thy Summer's ardent strength, Thy sober Autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene.
Pagina 29 - But who can paint Like Nature? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows...
Pagina 218 - What an august ! what an amazing conception, if human imagination can conceive it, does this give of the works of the Creator ! Thousands of thousands of suns, multiplied without end, and ranged all around us, at immense distances from each other, attended by ten thousand times ten thousand worlds...
Pagina 226 - The master leans, removes the obstructing clay, Winds the whole work, and sidelong lays the glebe. White, through the neighbouring fields the sower stalks, With measured step, and liberal throws the grain Into the faithful bosom of the ground ; The harrow follows harsh, and shuts the scene.
Pagina 212 - For minds of the first magnitude to launch In endless speculation, and adore ? One sun by day, by night ten thousand shine : And light us deep into the Deity ; How boundless in magnificence and might...
Pagina 67 - A bird's nest. Mark it well ! — within, without ; No tool had he that wrought — no knife to cut, No nail to fix — no bodkin to insert — No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand. With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...
Pagina 83 - Which strike ev'n eyes incurious ; but each moss, Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank, Important in the plan of Him who framed This scale of beings; holds a rank which lost Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap Which nature's self would rue.