Youth's Instructor and Guardian, Volume 17J. Mason., 1833 |
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... eight miles from shore , when they came about us . There was little wind , but a great swell of the sea . Some of them we took on board with their boats ; and others continued rowing about the ship . When nearer the land we had a strong ...
... eight miles from shore , when they came about us . There was little wind , but a great swell of the sea . Some of them we took on board with their boats ; and others continued rowing about the ship . When nearer the land we had a strong ...
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... eight , and the earth at ninety- five millions : Mars revolves at about one hundred and forty - four mil- lions of miles , Jupiter at four hundred and ninety millions , Saturn at nine hundred , and Uranus revolves at the distance of ...
... eight , and the earth at ninety- five millions : Mars revolves at about one hundred and forty - four mil- lions of miles , Jupiter at four hundred and ninety millions , Saturn at nine hundred , and Uranus revolves at the distance of ...
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... eight minutes past eight , and sets at one minute after four : on the 15th he rises at two minutes past eight , and sets at eighteen mi- nutes after four . The Sun enters the sign Aquarius on the 20th , and on the same day is eclipsed ...
... eight minutes past eight , and sets at one minute after four : on the 15th he rises at two minutes past eight , and sets at eighteen mi- nutes after four . The Sun enters the sign Aquarius on the 20th , and on the same day is eclipsed ...
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nine , and on the 20th at half past eight . Capella ( a bright star nearly overhead ) passes the meridian on the 15th at twenty - four minutes past nine , and on the 30th at twenty - six minutes after eight , at night . Greenwich , Kent ...
nine , and on the 20th at half past eight . Capella ( a bright star nearly overhead ) passes the meridian on the 15th at twenty - four minutes past nine , and on the 30th at twenty - six minutes after eight , at night . Greenwich , Kent ...
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... eight years of her life , she says , I love my God supremely , because he first loved me . 66 He drew me with the cords of love , before I could discern whence the drawings came ; and being early taught by my friends that God always saw ...
... eight years of her life , she says , I love my God supremely , because he first loved me . 66 He drew me with the cords of love , before I could discern whence the drawings came ; and being early taught by my friends that God always saw ...
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Page 36 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Page 108 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning ! If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy...
Page 67 - God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day : the angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads...
Page 218 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain; who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh upon the wings of the wind; who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire.
Page 83 - Man may trouble and distress me, 'Twill but drive me to Thy breast ; Life with trials hard may press me, Heaven will bring me sweeter rest! O, 'tis not in grief to harm me, While Thy love is left to me ; O, 'twere not in joy to charm me, Were that joy unmixed with Thee.
Page 241 - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
Page 64 - This is a good man ; here is nothing for me;" but when his master came to the prayer of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner...
Page 219 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God. The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens. Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labour until the evening.
Page 83 - JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow Thee ; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou, from hence, my All shalt be. Perish every fond ambition, All I've sought, or hoped, or known, Yet how rich is my condition ! God and heaven are still my own.
Page 103 - And He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.