First Steps in General Knowledge, Volumes 1-2Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1847 - Astronomy |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 7
Page 28
... reach the ship , and drive it round and round in a frightful manner . " " There would be much to alarm you , and much to delight you , my boy , if you were , at your early age , to cross the wide ocean , and witness its storms and ...
... reach the ship , and drive it round and round in a frightful manner . " " There would be much to alarm you , and much to delight you , my boy , if you were , at your early age , to cross the wide ocean , and witness its storms and ...
Page 64
... reach the ground they are moist with the vapours of the volcano , and cling to the leaves and branches of trees , and to all other substances on which they fall . " " How disagreeable , " said Mary . " Just 64 FIRST STEPS IN GENERAL ...
... reach the ground they are moist with the vapours of the volcano , and cling to the leaves and branches of trees , and to all other substances on which they fall . " " How disagreeable , " said Mary . " Just 64 FIRST STEPS IN GENERAL ...
Page 93
Sarah Windsor Tomlinson. SELVAS , LLANOS , AND PAMPAS . 93 powers to reach an elevated part of the prairie , where the grass is short and the danger less ex- treme . These hillocks or elevations of the prairie are called prairie - bluffs ...
Sarah Windsor Tomlinson. SELVAS , LLANOS , AND PAMPAS . 93 powers to reach an elevated part of the prairie , where the grass is short and the danger less ex- treme . These hillocks or elevations of the prairie are called prairie - bluffs ...
Page 100
... reach one of those spots , of which there are a few in the desert , where water is to be found . Such a spot is called an oasis , and presents a patch of verdure , and perhaps a few shrubs and flowers , growing around 100 FIRST STEPS IN ...
... reach one of those spots , of which there are a few in the desert , where water is to be found . Such a spot is called an oasis , and presents a patch of verdure , and perhaps a few shrubs and flowers , growing around 100 FIRST STEPS IN ...
Page 101
... reach the spot as their masters . At such times a strange appearance often cheats the eyes of those who are unaccustomed to the desert . At a short distance from them they seem to perceive lakes of water , but on approaching nearer they ...
... reach the spot as their masters . At such times a strange appearance often cheats the eyes of those who are unaccustomed to the desert . At a short distance from them they seem to perceive lakes of water , but on approaching nearer they ...
Common terms and phrases
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.