A visit to the manor house; or, The twelve days at Christmas, By a lady

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1819

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Page 175 - We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.
Page 174 - You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
Page 96 - The first eleven are founded upon the simple number of the stamens. 1. Monandria. One Stamen. 2. Diandria. Two Stamens. 3. Triandria. Three Stamens. 4. Tetrandria. Four Stamens, of equal length.
Page 97 - Tetradynamia, six stamens, four long, two short. • 16. Monadelphia, filaments united at bottom, but separate at top. 17. Diadelphia, filaments united in two sets. 18. Polyadelphia, filaments united in three or more sets. 19. Syngenesia, filaments united, and five stamens.
Page 153 - The instance of the separation of the primary colours of light, which seems most remarkable, is that of the RAINBOW. It is formed, in general, by the reflection of the rays of the sun's light from the drops of falling rain, though frequently it appears among the waves of the sea, whose heads, or tops, are blown by the wind into small drops, and it is sometimes seen on the ground, when the sun shines on a very thick dew.
Page 150 - ... all human comprehension. That the number of particles of light is inconceivably great, appears from the light of a candle ; which, if there be no obstacle in the way to obstruct the passage of its rays, will fill all the space within two miles of the...
Page 152 - But when rays of light pass obliquely out of one medium into another, which is either more dense, or more rare, they are bent out of their former course, and are then said to be refracted.
Page 97 - Pentandria, five stamens. 6. Hexandria, six stamens, all of equal length. 7- Heptandria, seven stamens. 8. Octandria, eight stamens. 9. Enneandria, nine stamens. 10. Decandria, ten stamens, filaments separate. 11. Dodecandria, twelve stamens to nineteen inserted on the receptacle. 12.
Page 154 - A lens is glass ground into such a form, as to collect or disperse the rays of light which pass through it. These are of different shapes, and from thence receive different names. A...
Page 193 - ... ever since the reign of Alfred, " in whose days," says Collier, " a law was made with relation to holidays, by virtue of which, the twelve days after the Nativity of our Saviour were made Festivals...

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