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... discover , in the grains of sand , a new animal world ; for within their cavities dwell various insects . In cheese are found innumerable animalculæ , called mites , which to the naked eye ap- pear but as points , whilst seen through a ...
... discover , in the grains of sand , a new animal world ; for within their cavities dwell various insects . In cheese are found innumerable animalculæ , called mites , which to the naked eye ap- pear but as points , whilst seen through a ...
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... discover the least injury , if some parts of the great whole suffer , they think themselves authorised to murmur against God , without at all considering that nature , taken as a whole , deduces great advan- tages from the cold . If we ...
... discover the least injury , if some parts of the great whole suffer , they think themselves authorised to murmur against God , without at all considering that nature , taken as a whole , deduces great advan- tages from the cold . If we ...
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... discover enough to know and to admire the wisdom of God . To be convinced of this we have only to con- sider the figure of the earth , which we shall find to be that of a sphere , a form the best adapted for its surface to be every ...
... discover enough to know and to admire the wisdom of God . To be convinced of this we have only to con- sider the figure of the earth , which we shall find to be that of a sphere , a form the best adapted for its surface to be every ...
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... we perceive that every thing is arranged with wisdom , and we every - where discover the legible characters and broad stamp of an Infinite , Almighty , and Su- preme Being . JANUARY XX . Short Meditations upon the Works of God D3.
... we perceive that every thing is arranged with wisdom , and we every - where discover the legible characters and broad stamp of an Infinite , Almighty , and Su- preme Being . JANUARY XX . Short Meditations upon the Works of God D3.
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... discover the tops of towers and mountains till we have seen their bases . The earth is incontestibly proved to be a globe , though not exactly spherical , for it is rather more elevated under the line , and flattened towards the poles ...
... discover the tops of towers and mountains till we have seen their bases . The earth is incontestibly proved to be a globe , though not exactly spherical , for it is rather more elevated under the line , and flattened towards the poles ...
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Page 314 - 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.
Page 82 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 81 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 227 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 38 - And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Page 82 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 81 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Page 82 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night...
Page 256 - The eyes of all wait upon thee ; And thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 40 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...