Surveys of nature: a sequel to mrs. Trimmer's IntroductionJohn Radcock, 1802 |
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... suffered to exist , not merely for itself , but as a necessary link in the great chain ; but were they of no other use , the admirable lesson they hold up to mankind of the uses of foresight and œconomy , should be sufficient to ren ...
... suffered to exist , not merely for itself , but as a necessary link in the great chain ; but were they of no other use , the admirable lesson they hold up to mankind of the uses of foresight and œconomy , should be sufficient to ren ...
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... suffer them to leave the nest till about two o'clock , at which time their labour for the day is done . You may then see them fly about to enjoy themselves , gathering honey for the nest , which these carefully deposit in cells made for ...
... suffer them to leave the nest till about two o'clock , at which time their labour for the day is done . You may then see them fly about to enjoy themselves , gathering honey for the nest , which these carefully deposit in cells made for ...
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... suffered to grow in vain , and even the bark of a tree , which to you ap- pears useless and ugly , shall be endued with such powers . Nature , I again re- peat to you , has made nothing in vain : it may not at all times be permitted ...
... suffered to grow in vain , and even the bark of a tree , which to you ap- pears useless and ugly , shall be endued with such powers . Nature , I again re- peat to you , has made nothing in vain : it may not at all times be permitted ...
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... suffer witlı cold , even in our beds , if we were deprived of blankets ; they , you know , are com- posed of wool ; but this is not all , the sheep affords nourishment to the body , as well as assisting to cloath and comfort it , for ...
... suffer witlı cold , even in our beds , if we were deprived of blankets ; they , you know , are com- posed of wool ; but this is not all , the sheep affords nourishment to the body , as well as assisting to cloath and comfort it , for ...
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... suffered very materially by one . Picture to yourself what it must be to see whole fields of sugar - canes whirled into the air , and scattered over the face of the country ; the strongest trees torn up by the roots , and the workhouses ...
... suffered very materially by one . Picture to yourself what it must be to see whole fields of sugar - canes whirled into the air , and scattered over the face of the country ; the strongest trees torn up by the roots , and the workhouses ...
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Страница 121 - The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display ; And publishes to every land, The work of an almighty hand. 2 Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale ; And nightly to the listening earth, Repeats the story of her birth : While all the stars which round her...
Страница 81 - Sudden, th' impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains away. The helpless traveller, with wild surprise Sees the dry desart all around him rise, And, smother'd in the dusty whirlwind, dies.
Страница 89 - Thy virtue proves thee truly wise. Pride often guides the author's pen ; Books as affected are as men : But he who studies nature's laws, From certain truth his maxims draws ; And those, without our schools, suffice...
Страница 78 - ... of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, attended with a furious swelling of the seas and sometimes with an earthquake ; in short, with every circumstance which the elements can assemble that is terrible and destructive. First, they see as the prelude to the ensuing havoc, whole fields of sugar canes whirled into the air, and scattered over the face of the country.
Страница 102 - ... the Divine command to replenish the earth, to increase and multiply upon it, and to have dominion over the beasts of the forest, the birds of the air, the fish in the waters, and the creeping things of the earth. JAS. 18, 1830.] Mr. Foot's Resolution. ' Si •- ,T! The fourth point of objection is, in the removal of the land records — the natural effect of abolishing all the offices of the Surveyors General.
Страница 10 - ... by walking faithfully in the ways of God, we may not leave our repentance to a death bed, or see our starving souls upon the point of expiring for that celestial food, which...
Страница 19 - How is it then, my boy, that we do not hear the thunder as soon as we see the lightning?