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Page xxxvi
... Land barely up to the level ; and , on the contrary , elevated countries and lofty beds of water are very frequent , especially toward the North Pole . Let us now proceed to consider the polar ices , Though they are here represented ...
... Land barely up to the level ; and , on the contrary , elevated countries and lofty beds of water are very frequent , especially toward the North Pole . Let us now proceed to consider the polar ices , Though they are here represented ...
Page xliii
... land up to fifty , or thereabout ; for at five leagues " from land there is no Current , but we have a tide ; and " beyond fifty leagues from land , the Current entirely 66 ceases , or becomes imperceptible . " On the coast of India ...
... land up to fifty , or thereabout ; for at five leagues " from land there is no Current , but we have a tide ; and " beyond fifty leagues from land , the Current entirely 66 ceases , or becomes imperceptible . " On the coast of India ...
Page xlix
... land . " But , " says this enlightened Traveller , " what is more real and more worthy of attention is this , that there " are frequently found here ( on the island of Ilay ) on the " coast of all the Hebrides and Orkney Islands , the ...
... land . " But , " says this enlightened Traveller , " what is more real and more worthy of attention is this , that there " are frequently found here ( on the island of Ilay ) on the " coast of all the Hebrides and Orkney Islands , the ...
Page lviii
... lands , without producing any benefit to Man . They might be committed in Summer in well - compacted floats , first to the current of the rivers , and afterwards to that of the Ocean , which would convey them at least to the Latitude of ...
... lands , without producing any benefit to Man . They might be committed in Summer in well - compacted floats , first to the current of the rivers , and afterwards to that of the Ocean , which would convey them at least to the Latitude of ...
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Page 176 - When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it, And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, "Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 171 - God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged ; the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained ; and the waters returned from off the earth continually : and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Page 177 - Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. Where is the way where light dwelleth ? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, that thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
Page 177 - Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days ; and caused the day-spring to know his place, that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? It is turned as clay to the seal ; and they stand as a garment.
Page 53 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 177 - Have the gates of death been opened unto thee ? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death ? Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth ? declare if thou knowest it all.
Page 228 - ... fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be the gods which govern the world.
Page 176 - Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 56 - ... rapid wing, collects a similar tribute from the refuse of the grove ; and the frugal bee turns to account even the small dust on the flower, There is no corner of the earth where the whole vegetable crop may not be reaped. Those plants which are rejected by one are a delicacy to another, and, even among the finny tribes, contribute to their fatness. The hog devours the horse-tail and henbane ; the goat, the thistle, and . the hemlock. All return in the evening to the habitation of man, with murmurs,...
Page 228 - Surely vain are all men by nature, who are ignorant of God, and could not out of the good things that are seen, know him that is : neither by considering the works did they acknowledge the workmaster...