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This is called the Now Style , and that in use before , or the Julian account , is
called the Old Style . PHILIP GARRET . CABINET OF NATURE . GEOLOGY . This
science has for its object , to investigate and describe the internal structure of the
...
This is called the Now Style , and that in use before , or the Julian account , is
called the Old Style . PHILIP GARRET . CABINET OF NATURE . GEOLOGY . This
science has for its object , to investigate and describe the internal structure of the
...
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It is supposed that the bird called the night hawk , in this verse , is the owl . The
night owl of Asia is thus described by a traveller . “ It is of the size of the common
owl , and lodges in the ruins of Egypt and Syria , and sometimes even in the ...
It is supposed that the bird called the night hawk , in this verse , is the owl . The
night owl of Asia is thus described by a traveller . “ It is of the size of the common
owl , and lodges in the ruins of Egypt and Syria , and sometimes even in the ...
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It was a memorable practice of Vespasian , the Roman Emperor , throughout the
course of his whole life , that he called himself to an account every night for the
actions of the past day ; and as often as he found he had slipped any one day ...
It was a memorable practice of Vespasian , the Roman Emperor , throughout the
course of his whole life , that he called himself to an account every night for the
actions of the past day ; and as often as he found he had slipped any one day ...
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The synodical month , called a lunation , is the time contained between the moon
' s parting with the sun at a conjunction , and returning to him again , which is 29
days , 12 hours , 44 min . The civil months are those framed for the use of civil ...
The synodical month , called a lunation , is the time contained between the moon
' s parting with the sun at a conjunction , and returning to him again , which is 29
days , 12 hours , 44 min . The civil months are those framed for the use of civil ...
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A natural day is divided into 24 equal parts , called hours , as shown by well -
regulated clocks and watches ; but those hours are not equal , as measured by
the returns of the sun to the meridian , because of the obliquity of the ecliptic , and
the ...
A natural day is divided into 24 equal parts , called hours , as shown by well -
regulated clocks and watches ; but those hours are not equal , as measured by
the returns of the sun to the meridian , because of the obliquity of the ecliptic , and
the ...
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Страница 340 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Страница 237 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth ; both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Страница 132 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Страница 320 - How manifold are thy works, O Lord ! In wisdom hast thou made them all...
Страница 8 - Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth: And their words to the end of the world.
Страница 236 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled ; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Страница 72 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Страница 168 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Страница 271 - Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world, with kings, The powerful of the earth, the wise, the good, Fair forms and hoary seers of ages past — All in one mighty sepulchre.
Страница 271 - Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods; rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man!