A Spring Day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Season |
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BY JAMES FISHER , AUTHOR OF THE WINTER SEASON , & c . I will meditate
also of all thy work , and talk of thy doings . . Psalm lxxvii . 12 . For lo , the winter is
past , the rain is over and gone ; the flowers appear on the earth , the time of the ...
BY JAMES FISHER , AUTHOR OF THE WINTER SEASON , & c . I will meditate
also of all thy work , and talk of thy doings . . Psalm lxxvii . 12 . For lo , the winter is
past , the rain is over and gone ; the flowers appear on the earth , the time of the ...
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Doth not the wisdom and goodness of God appear greatly in this ? For , if the
vapours were not thus drawn forth from the deep , refined and distilled , we could
neither have fresh water nor rivers , and so no life or vegetation on the earth .
Doth not the wisdom and goodness of God appear greatly in this ? For , if the
vapours were not thus drawn forth from the deep , refined and distilled , we could
neither have fresh water nor rivers , and so no life or vegetation on the earth .
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As for the beasts of the earth , no less conspicuous doth the wisdom and
goodness of the Creator appear in them , whether we consider their numbers ,
uses , colours , or forms . That those quadrupeds which are of a ferocious kind
should be ...
As for the beasts of the earth , no less conspicuous doth the wisdom and
goodness of the Creator appear in them , whether we consider their numbers ,
uses , colours , or forms . That those quadrupeds which are of a ferocious kind
should be ...
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UPON the side of yonder green hill stands a sheep - fold : The bleatings of its
fleecy inhabitants are highly grateful to my ear ; and no less so do they appear to
be to their watchful shepherd , whom , early as it is , I behold , with cheerful
alacrity ...
UPON the side of yonder green hill stands a sheep - fold : The bleatings of its
fleecy inhabitants are highly grateful to my ear ; and no less so do they appear to
be to their watchful shepherd , whom , early as it is , I behold , with cheerful
alacrity ...
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But now the shepherd appears to have lost some of his flock , for I behold him on
the summit of the hill , running from one eminence to another , looking anxiously
around him : anon he descends the steep towards the place where I stand : but ...
But now the shepherd appears to have lost some of his flock , for I behold him on
the summit of the hill , running from one eminence to another , looking anxiously
around him : anon he descends the steep towards the place where I stand : but ...
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| Title | A Spring Day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Season |
| Author | James Fisher |
| Edition | 5 |
| Publisher | Author, 1819 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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