Reflections for Every Day in the Year on the Works of God, and of His Providence Throughout All Nature, Volumen3D. Shaw and Company, 1800 |
Contenido
| 64 | |
| 71 | |
| 77 | |
| 84 | |
| 90 | |
| 96 | |
| 102 | |
| 109 | |
| 117 | |
| 125 | |
| 132 | |
| 139 | |
| 145 | |
| 151 | |
| 157 | |
| 220 | |
| 226 | |
| 234 | |
| 241 | |
| 247 | |
| 254 | |
| 255 | |
| 262 | |
| 270 | |
| 278 | |
| 284 | |
| 291 | |
| 299 | |
| 305 | |
| 312 | |
Términos y frases comunes
admirable animals appear atmosphere beauty become beds behold behold the sun beneficent birds blessings blood causes choly chyle clouds cold composed countries crea creatures DECEMBER Divine Wisdom duodenum earth effects evils eyes fall fire flowers fruit give globe ground grow happiness heart heat Hercules human body hurtful infinite inhabitants insects insensible instinct juice labour least less light live lobsters mankind means melan millions mind Molucca islands moon motion multitude nature necessary neral nerves never night nish observe occasion OCTOBER ourselves papillæ particles pears perfect petrifactions plants pleasure polypus pounds weight preservation prodigious produce putrefaction quadrupeds rain reason reckon reflect rience rise salt sand scarce sense sleep snow sometimes sort soul species spect spring stars stomach summer tain thing thou tion trees ture vapours vegetables wants weight whole wind winter wise wonderful
Pasajes populares
Página 195 - It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Página 145 - Teach us, O Lord, so to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom...
Página 276 - ... and too much relaxed ; whereas the cold braces and promotes the circulation of the blood. In very hot countries, and where the winters are rainy and wet, serious and mortal diseases are much more frequent than elsewhere. We are told by travellers, that in Greenland, where the ground is covered with mountains of ice, and where, in winter, the days are only four or five hours long, the air is very wholesome, clear, and light ; and except a few complaints in the chest and eyes (occasioned partly...
Página 210 - ... an animal whose flesh is in its tail and legs, and whose hair is in the inside of its breast, whose stomach is in its head, and which is changed every year for a new one, and which new one begins...
Página 230 - God ordained, therefore, that the rain, which in summer cools and revives the plants, should in winter fall in the form of a soft wool, to cover the vegetables, and to guard them from the inclemency of frost and winds. The snow has a degree of warmth in it ; but not too much, so as to choke the grain.
Página 143 - The day is divided into 24 equal parts called hours; each hour is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute is divided into 60 equal parts called seconds.
Página 196 - The earth gives nourishment to the plant, the plant is food for the insect, the insectforthe bird, the bird for wild beasts; and, in rotation, the wild beasts become the prey of the vulture, the vulture of the insect, the insect of the plant, and the plant of the earth.
Página 223 - He who delights to contemplate the works of God, will not only discover His hand in those immense globes which compose the system of the universe, but also in the little worlds of insects, plants, and metals. He will search for, and adore the wisdom of God, as well in the spider's web, as in the power of gravitation, which attracts the earth towards the sun. These researches are at present the easier, as microscopes have discovered to us new scenes and new worlds, in which we behold, in miniature,...
Página 197 - ... the glow-worm, or great fly of Surinam, shines in the midst of darkness, to give light to the inhabitants of those countries. If we observe the different occupations of man, we shall find that they also tend to this same end, which nature purposed. The sailor braves the dangers of the seas and storms, to convey merchandize, which...