The gallery of nature: a tour through creation, Volumen281860 |
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Página viii
... Plain of the Caucasus , 224 Tail of a Comet , 111 Mount Kasibeck , and Steppes of the Caucasus , 225 226 Comet of 1456 , as seen at Constantinople , 115 Lake of Mandia , . Comet of 1885 , 116 Sand - storm in the Desert , 227 • Fancied ...
... Plain of the Caucasus , 224 Tail of a Comet , 111 Mount Kasibeck , and Steppes of the Caucasus , 225 226 Comet of 1456 , as seen at Constantinople , 115 Lake of Mandia , . Comet of 1885 , 116 Sand - storm in the Desert , 227 • Fancied ...
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... Plains of Beloochistan , 485 Lake Saratoga , . Line of Perpetual Snow , 486 Lake of Joannina , Mount Ararat , 488 Cader Idris , Gorge of the Tyrolese Alps , 490 Initial Letter - Source of the Jordan , Alleghany Mountains , 494 St Helena ...
... Plains of Beloochistan , 485 Lake Saratoga , . Line of Perpetual Snow , 486 Lake of Joannina , Mount Ararat , 488 Cader Idris , Gorge of the Tyrolese Alps , 490 Initial Letter - Source of the Jordan , Alleghany Mountains , 494 St Helena ...
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... plain design and popular style of Scripture - rigidly con- struing the latter - the theologians of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries , in great numbers , regarded the sacred record as teaching the sun's daily apparent procession ...
... plain design and popular style of Scripture - rigidly con- struing the latter - the theologians of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries , in great numbers , regarded the sacred record as teaching the sun's daily apparent procession ...
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... plain , that he was most injuriously treated , and that much of the moral distinction with which posterity has crowned the head of Newton is altogether misplaced . His deep obligations to Flamstead's lunar observations are acknowledged ...
... plain , that he was most injuriously treated , and that much of the moral distinction with which posterity has crowned the head of Newton is altogether misplaced . His deep obligations to Flamstead's lunar observations are acknowledged ...
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... Plain , wrote to him as follows : " It was the most awful sight that I had ever beheld in my life . We looked in vain for the town of Amesburg , situated below us ; scarcely could we see the ground under our feet . So deep an impression ...
... Plain , wrote to him as follows : " It was the most awful sight that I had ever beheld in my life . We looked in vain for the town of Amesburg , situated below us ; scarcely could we see the ground under our feet . So deep an impression ...
Términos y frases comunes
ancient animals appearance astronomical Atlantic atmosphere basalt beds bodies carboniferous cause cavern celestial centre climate clouds coal coast colour comet constellation continent dark depth diameter direction distance districts earth ecliptic elevation equator Europe exhibits extending feet felspar Flamstead formation globe gneiss granite heat heavens height Herschel Hipparchus hornblende hundred hyæna immense inhabitants island Jupiter lake land latitude light limestone lunar magnitude mass miles moon motion mountains nature nearly night northern observed occur ocean old red sandstone orbit Orinoco passing perihelion period phenomena plains planets pole present Ptolemy Pyrenees rain regions remarkable rise river rocks round sand sandstone Saturn seen shore side Silurian snow solar southern species spot square miles stars strata stratum stream summit supposed surface telescope temperature terrestrial trees tropical valley vapour vast vegetation velocity visible volcanic whole wind winter zone
Pasajes populares
Página 681 - Thou hast spread thy wing, and sheltered us from the pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth at noon-day.
Página 544 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, .Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Página 72 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; ' The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Página 563 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Página 714 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head up-lift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Página 320 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed; in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime, — The image of Eternity, the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Página 256 - And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter : therefore the name of it was called Marah.
Página 203 - Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? God ! — let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer ! and let the ice-plains echo, God ! God!
Página 684 - Where glistening streamers waved and danced, The wanderer's eye could barely view The summer heaven's delicious blue ; So wondrous wild, the whole might seem The scenery of a fairy dream.
Página 5 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears— soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony...