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... similar reason , the author has described the various aspects of the heavens throughout the year , and the positions of the planets for 1840 and 1841. As the subject of comets was unavoidably omitted in the preceding volume , the author ...
... similar reason , the author has described the various aspects of the heavens throughout the year , and the positions of the planets for 1840 and 1841. As the subject of comets was unavoidably omitted in the preceding volume , the author ...
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... similar in re- gard to the remote regions of the universe , as the beings we have supposed were situated with respect to the ample pros- pects we enjoy on the surface of our globe . Were such beings , from their subterranean abodes , to ...
... similar in re- gard to the remote regions of the universe , as the beings we have supposed were situated with respect to the ample pros- pects we enjoy on the surface of our globe . Were such beings , from their subterranean abodes , to ...
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... similar inquiries , are natu- rally suggested by serious contemplations of the objects con- nected with the starry heavens , and they have a tendency to lead the mind to sublime and interesting trains of thought and reflection , and to ...
... similar inquiries , are natu- rally suggested by serious contemplations of the objects con- nected with the starry heavens , and they have a tendency to lead the mind to sublime and interesting trains of thought and reflection , and to ...
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... similar objects , whether imaginary or real . The invention of the constellations , particularly those of the Zodiac , is gener- ally attributed to the Chaldeans or the Egyptians ; but most probably the merit , such as it is , is due to ...
... similar objects , whether imaginary or real . The invention of the constellations , particularly those of the Zodiac , is gener- ally attributed to the Chaldeans or the Egyptians ; but most probably the merit , such as it is , is due to ...
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... similar to those by which they had delin- eated the signs of the Zodiac . They conceived the different groups as if they bore a certain resemblance to birds , beasts , serpents , or to certain imaginary beings , and gave them names ...
... similar to those by which they had delin- eated the signs of the Zodiac . They conceived the different groups as if they bore a certain resemblance to birds , beasts , serpents , or to certain imaginary beings , and gave them names ...
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Страница 37 - Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name: that strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
Страница 324 - All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord ; and thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power ; To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
Страница 281 - Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth...
Страница 278 - Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
Страница 274 - He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
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Страница 322 - By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Страница 87 - But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Страница 276 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone ; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their hosts, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Страница 273 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.