First Steps in General Knowledge, Volumes 1-2Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1847 - Astronomy |
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... frequently meet with icebergs in the North Atlantic , and are sometimes in danger of being crushed between two of them . " The children were surprised to find that the icebergs are such travellers , and they thought it would be pleasant ...
... frequently meet with icebergs in the North Atlantic , and are sometimes in danger of being crushed between two of them . " The children were surprised to find that the icebergs are such travellers , and they thought it would be pleasant ...
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... frequently called the sea , or the open sea , and sometimes the high seas . There is too little exactness , ” he added , “ in such terms , as you will soon find , if you trace with me some of the smaller parts of the ocean , which are ...
... frequently called the sea , or the open sea , and sometimes the high seas . There is too little exactness , ” he added , “ in such terms , as you will soon find , if you trace with me some of the smaller parts of the ocean , which are ...
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... frequent , until , at last , you arrive at a height where there is no more green turf , but , perhaps , a scanty covering of moss , or lichen , these plants being hardy enough to bear the cold . Farther still , you come to a mantle of ...
... frequent , until , at last , you arrive at a height where there is no more green turf , but , perhaps , a scanty covering of moss , or lichen , these plants being hardy enough to bear the cold . Farther still , you come to a mantle of ...
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... frequently see masses of rock which have been separated from the cliffs , and are now lying at their feet , breaking , for a time , the force of the waves , and protecting the land from farther encroachment . But while we are speaking ...
... frequently see masses of rock which have been separated from the cliffs , and are now lying at their feet , breaking , for a time , the force of the waves , and protecting the land from farther encroachment . But while we are speaking ...
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... frequently forms the bed of a large lake , or a part of it is occupied by one or two small lakes ; while , in other cases , it consists of waste ground , overgrown with bushes and woods , which form the resort of wild animals . There is ...
... frequently forms the bed of a large lake , or a part of it is occupied by one or two small lakes ; while , in other cases , it consists of waste ground , overgrown with bushes and woods , which form the resort of wild animals . There is ...
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appear Arctic ocean ashes Asia asked Henry asked Mary asked Robert atmosphere avalanches Azores basin beautiful bitumen blow burning mountains called Caspian sea cataracts clouds cold colours continent course crater danger deep desert distance earth earthquakes eruption extinct volcano fall flow frequently Geyser glacier grass ground Gulf Gulf of Mexico Gulf-stream hills hollow icebergs immense kind of lake land live Llanos look mamma marsh masses miles long mists moun mountain chains North ocean papa told pitch pitch lake plains quantity racter rain rainbow rapid regions remarked Henry replied his father rise river salt sand seen ships showers side sink slope snow soil sometimes soon South America springs storm stream SUBMARINE VOLCANO Sumbawa suppose surface tains tell trade-winds valleys vapour vast Vesuvius walk waves weight wind wonderful
Popular passages
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.