First Steps in General Knowledge, Volumes 1-2Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1847 - Astronomy |
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... immense labour required to make these level roads throughout the country . Therefore , their papa had promised to gratify their curiosity with a sight of the works , and had chosen this bright and beautiful day for the purpose . The ...
... immense labour required to make these level roads throughout the country . Therefore , their papa had promised to gratify their curiosity with a sight of the works , and had chosen this bright and beautiful day for the purpose . The ...
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... immense city of ruined alabaster palaces can be imagined , of every variety of shape and tint , and composed of huge piles of · buildings grouped together , with long lanes or streets winding 34 FIRST STEPS IN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE .
... immense city of ruined alabaster palaces can be imagined , of every variety of shape and tint , and composed of huge piles of · buildings grouped together , with long lanes or streets winding 34 FIRST STEPS IN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE .
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... immense bodies of land . " " The eastern part , or Old World , " said Henry , " contains Europe , Asia , and Africa ; the western part , or New World , contains North and South America . " " There are also smaller portions of land ...
... immense bodies of land . " " The eastern part , or Old World , " said Henry , " contains Europe , Asia , and Africa ; the western part , or New World , contains North and South America . " " There are also smaller portions of land ...
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... immense chain of moun- tains of this character stretches along the western coast of South America , for several thousand miles , and is called the Andes . Sometimes a mountain chain gives rise to smaller chains , which branch off from ...
... immense chain of moun- tains of this character stretches along the western coast of South America , for several thousand miles , and is called the Andes . Sometimes a mountain chain gives rise to smaller chains , which branch off from ...
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... immense size , and in extinct volcanoes it 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 ...
... immense size , and in extinct volcanoes it 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 ...
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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.