First Steps in General Knowledge, Volumes 1-2Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1847 - Astronomy |
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... rains , some- where or other , every day ; and so the ocean gets its water back again from the clouds . " " Not entirely , " said Henry , " for some of the clouds come to us , you know , and pour down water upon the land . " " And where ...
... rains , some- where or other , every day ; and so the ocean gets its water back again from the clouds . " " Not entirely , " said Henry , " for some of the clouds come to us , you know , and pour down water upon the land . " " And where ...
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... rain to swell the brooks and rivers that These waters seem to be always run into the sea . going round and place again . " round , and coming to the same " That is true , " replied his father , " and so long ago as the time of Solomon ...
... rain to swell the brooks and rivers that These waters seem to be always run into the sea . going round and place again . " round , and coming to the same " That is true , " replied his father , " and so long ago as the time of Solomon ...
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... quite the correct one . It is now ascertained that the water does not descend in a mass , but in very heavy and violent rain ; and this could not possibly sink a ship , although it might be dan- 26 FIRST STEPS IN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE .
... quite the correct one . It is now ascertained that the water does not descend in a mass , but in very heavy and violent rain ; and this could not possibly sink a ship , although it might be dan- 26 FIRST STEPS IN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE .
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... . a few hardy kinds of grass grow on these table- lands , affording but very poor pasturage . Rain falls in abundance from April to July , but it does not enrich this barren soil , which consists of sand TABLE - LANDS . 89.
... . a few hardy kinds of grass grow on these table- lands , affording but very poor pasturage . Rain falls in abundance from April to July , but it does not enrich this barren soil , which consists of sand TABLE - LANDS . 89.
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... rain falls on the hills , and every thing is parched with the heat of the sun , you would expect the river to be dried up too . " " If it depended entirely upon the rain for its supply of water , " said his father , " it would cer ...
... rain falls on the hills , and every thing is parched with the heat of the sun , you would expect the river to be dried up too . " " If it depended entirely upon the rain for its supply of water , " said his father , " it would cer ...
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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.