A Spring Day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful SeasonAuthor, 1819 - 344 pages |
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... wonderful lamps , or rather globes of fire , in the stupen- dous arch --- that a Being of such infinite wisdom , power , and glory , should condescend to take notice of such a little thing as man ! yea , such a vile thing as man had ...
... wonderful lamps , or rather globes of fire , in the stupen- dous arch --- that a Being of such infinite wisdom , power , and glory , should condescend to take notice of such a little thing as man ! yea , such a vile thing as man had ...
Page 23
... wonderful , that all the rivers are ex- haled in vapours from the sea by the heat of the sun ; refined in the clouds , distilled in gentle showers on the earth , and return thither again . Doth not the wisdom and goodness of God appear ...
... wonderful , that all the rivers are ex- haled in vapours from the sea by the heat of the sun ; refined in the clouds , distilled in gentle showers on the earth , and return thither again . Doth not the wisdom and goodness of God appear ...
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... wonderful works . Could we follow them in their excursions through the pathless deep , and behold their manœuvres , and the gambols of the leviathan , we might justly cry out , How wonderful are thy works , O Lord ! And is it not a ...
... wonderful works . Could we follow them in their excursions through the pathless deep , and behold their manœuvres , and the gambols of the leviathan , we might justly cry out , How wonderful are thy works , O Lord ! And is it not a ...
Page 32
... wonderful are they , and how conveniently situated ! As watchmen used not to be placed in a low or obscure situation , but on the walls or towers of the capital , to give timely information of danger to the monarch and inhabitants that ...
... wonderful are they , and how conveniently situated ! As watchmen used not to be placed in a low or obscure situation , but on the walls or towers of the capital , to give timely information of danger to the monarch and inhabitants that ...
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... wonderfully is it preserved and kept from disorder by a very thin membrane of a golden colour , called the Pious Mother ! which straitly embraces it , and keeps it from quashing ; round which is another more loose , but tougher and ...
... wonderfully is it preserved and kept from disorder by a very thin membrane of a golden colour , called the Pious Mother ! which straitly embraces it , and keeps it from quashing ; round which is another more loose , but tougher and ...
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