A Spring-day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Seasonauthor, 1806 - 338 pages |
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Page 26
... ground ; till at length , by an invisible power , they are entirely beat back to the main ocean . If it were not for the seas , how could commerce be carried on with the different parts of the world ? If all were dry land that would be ...
... ground ; till at length , by an invisible power , they are entirely beat back to the main ocean . If it were not for the seas , how could commerce be carried on with the different parts of the world ? If all were dry land that would be ...
Page 32
... ground of the noxious " worms with which it abounds . As soon " as the birds were destroyed , the reptiles " had full leave to multiply , and the conse- " quence was the total loss of the grass in " 1749 , when the New Englanders , too ...
... ground of the noxious " worms with which it abounds . As soon " as the birds were destroyed , the reptiles " had full leave to multiply , and the conse- " quence was the total loss of the grass in " 1749 , when the New Englanders , too ...
Page 55
... ground , but perch on some ele- vated station , like the men of the world , who scorn the humble disposition of the saints , and sit high in their own estimation . The lark will not assemble with any but those of its own tribe , except ...
... ground , but perch on some ele- vated station , like the men of the world , who scorn the humble disposition of the saints , and sit high in their own estimation . The lark will not assemble with any but those of its own tribe , except ...
Page 74
... ground , filled his soul with agony , and made him to sweat , as it were , great drops of blood falling down to the ground , Luke xxii . 44. Nay , so terrible was the blast , that on the cross it made him to cry out , " My God ! my God ...
... ground , filled his soul with agony , and made him to sweat , as it were , great drops of blood falling down to the ground , Luke xxii . 44. Nay , so terrible was the blast , that on the cross it made him to cry out , " My God ! my God ...
Page 89
... ground . This man is now got to his labour , and a painful one it is , but there is no help for it , bread cannot be obtained without it ; man was to eat bread in the sweat of his face un- til he returned into the ground , for out of it ...
... ground . This man is now got to his labour , and a painful one it is , but there is no help for it , bread cannot be obtained without it ; man was to eat bread in the sweat of his face un- til he returned into the ground , for out of it ...
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