First Steps in General Knowledge, Volumes 1-2Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1847 - Astronomy |
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... give you very little idea of the whirlpools of the ocean , whose motion , when increased by violent winds , is extremely rapid , and dangerous to ships . " " But if people know where these whirlpools are , papa , why do they not keep as ...
... give you very little idea of the whirlpools of the ocean , whose motion , when increased by violent winds , is extremely rapid , and dangerous to ships . " " But if people know where these whirlpools are , papa , why do they not keep as ...
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... give up the enterprise . On the third day an island was seen , and Columbus was able to carry on his discoveries . " " And did they get back again in spite of the wind ? " asked Mary . " On their return they avoided it altogether , by ...
... give up the enterprise . On the third day an island was seen , and Columbus was able to carry on his discoveries . " " And did they get back again in spite of the wind ? " asked Mary . " On their return they avoided it altogether , by ...
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... give you a general idea of the nature of these mighty currents , which occur in several parts of the ocean . " Mary found some little markings on different parts of the map just like arrows ; and her father explained to her that these ...
... give you a general idea of the nature of these mighty currents , which occur in several parts of the ocean . " Mary found some little markings on different parts of the map just like arrows ; and her father explained to her that these ...
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... gives rise to smaller chains , which branch off from it , like branches from a tree . This is the case with the most important mountain - chain in Europe , called the Alps . Sometimes several chains of mountains branch out in different ...
... gives rise to smaller chains , which branch off from it , like branches from a tree . This is the case with the most important mountain - chain in Europe , called the Alps . Sometimes several chains of mountains branch out in different ...
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... give warning of their eruptions by noise and smoke . These extinct volcanoes , however , are in some places almost forgotten , and scarcely to be known from other hills . They are overgrown with trees and bushes , and sometimes covered ...
... give warning of their eruptions by noise and smoke . These extinct volcanoes , however , are in some places almost forgotten , and scarcely to be known from other hills . They are overgrown with trees and bushes , and sometimes covered ...
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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.