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... , it is a rapid ; but when its career is checked by a sudden precipice of rocks , over which the waters take a leap , it is a cataract . In all mountainous regions there are examples of both ; RAPIDS AND CATARACTS . 137.
... , it is a rapid ; but when its career is checked by a sudden precipice of rocks , over which the waters take a leap , it is a cataract . In all mountainous regions there are examples of both ; RAPIDS AND CATARACTS . 137.
Page 138
... cataracts , which form one of the grandest features of alpine scenery . " " Have the waters generally far to leap ... cataracts among the Alps , and one of them on the river Arve has a fall of at least eleven hundred feet . The chain of ...
... cataracts , which form one of the grandest features of alpine scenery . " " Have the waters generally far to leap ... cataracts among the Alps , and one of them on the river Arve has a fall of at least eleven hundred feet . The chain of ...
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... cataract we are acquainted with . ” " I have heard , " said Henry , " that people can walk behind the falls , if they have the courage to do so . " " It is true of one portion , called , from the curved shape of the rock , the Horse ...
... cataract we are acquainted with . ” " I have heard , " said Henry , " that people can walk behind the falls , if they have the courage to do so . " " It is true of one portion , called , from the curved shape of the rock , the Horse ...
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... " Com- plete rainbows , three at a time sometimes , delight the eyes of those who visit these remarkable falls . I might tell you , " he added , " of many other Ameri- can cataracts of great beauty , and also of some FALLS OF NIAGARA . 141.
... " Com- plete rainbows , three at a time sometimes , delight the eyes of those who visit these remarkable falls . I might tell you , " he added , " of many other Ameri- can cataracts of great beauty , and also of some FALLS OF NIAGARA . 141.
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Sarah Windsor Tomlinson. can cataracts of great beauty , and also of some very grand cataracts in the Himalayan mountains of Asia , but you are now aware of the nature of these falls , and we may proceed with the account of our mountain ...
Sarah Windsor Tomlinson. can cataracts of great beauty , and also of some very grand cataracts in the Himalayan mountains of Asia , but you are now aware of the nature of these falls , and we may proceed with the account of our mountain ...
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Page 9 - 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.
Page 11 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 191 - O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee ? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
Page 7 - 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 200 - Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Page 10 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 14 - 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.
Page 9 - They go up by the mountains; They go down by the valleys Unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
Page 29 - They that go down to the sea in ships : and occupy their business in great waters ; These men see the works of the LORD : and His wonders in the deep.
Page 201 - In his days shall the righteous flourish ; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.