Sturm's Reflections on the works of God (from the Germ.). |
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... Flower Garden Phenomena of a Thunder - storm The Ants Hail The Utility of Storms Of the Earth , and its primitive ... Flowers Summer Heat Of some remarkable Properties in Animals The Human Countenance Gravity of Bodies 43 46 48 50 51 ...
... Flower Garden Phenomena of a Thunder - storm The Ants Hail The Utility of Storms Of the Earth , and its primitive ... Flowers Summer Heat Of some remarkable Properties in Animals The Human Countenance Gravity of Bodies 43 46 48 50 51 ...
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... flowers were found that till then were unknown , and have since been transplanted to Eu- rope , where they have been cultivated with great success : and the English still take great pains to cultivate in their own country many different ...
... flowers were found that till then were unknown , and have since been transplanted to Eu- rope , where they have been cultivated with great success : and the English still take great pains to cultivate in their own country many different ...
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... flower from Cyprus ; and asparagus from Asia . We are in- debted to Italy for the chervil ; to Portugal and Spain for ... flowers are also the produce of foreign countries . Jessamine comes from the East Indies ; the elder - tree from ...
... flower from Cyprus ; and asparagus from Asia . We are in- debted to Italy for the chervil ; to Portugal and Spain for ... flowers are also the produce of foreign countries . Jessamine comes from the East Indies ; the elder - tree from ...
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... flowers , sip- ping honey and nectareous dew . In all this we may observe a lively emblem of the death and resurrection of a righteous man . That body which was feeble , sensual , and gross , refined from its earthly nature , puts on a ...
... flowers , sip- ping honey and nectareous dew . In all this we may observe a lively emblem of the death and resurrection of a righteous man . That body which was feeble , sensual , and gross , refined from its earthly nature , puts on a ...
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... flowers . Those which are decayed are replaced by others , and by thus succeeding each other there is no per- ceptible void in the vegetable kingdom . But to whom are we indebted for these numerous and di- versified presents ? Who is it ...
... flowers . Those which are decayed are replaced by others , and by thus succeeding each other there is no per- ceptible void in the vegetable kingdom . But to whom are we indebted for these numerous and di- versified presents ? Who is it ...
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Página 249 - 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 227 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Página 227 - O Lord, how manifold are, thy works ! In wisdom hast thou made them all : The earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.
Página 215 - We no longer see the trees rich in blossom, nor the spring gay with verdure : the magnificence of summer, displayed in a thousand variations of colours, whose richness is relieved by the beautiful green of the meadows and waving groves, is no more ; the purple hue of the vine has faded, and the gilded ears no longer ornament the fields. The last leaves of the trees are falling; the pines, the elms, and the oaks, bend beneath the blasts of the fierce north wind ; and the fields which have lavished...
Página 21 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: but the word of the Lord endureth forever.
Página 15 - Hence proceed the different colours of the rainbow : they are seven in number, and appear in the following order; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. These colours appear the more vivid as the cloud-s which are behind are darker, and the drops of rain fall closer. The drops...
Página 202 - These vessels gradually enlarge in size till they form very large tubes, which return the blood back to the right ventricle of the heart. The blood is then propelled into the pulmonary artery, which disperses it through the lungs by innumerable small branches. It is there exposed to the action of the air, is afterward received by the pulmonary veins, and by them is conveyed to the left auricle of the heart.
Página 184 - When, therefore, at the time that the branches still daily grow, the stalks of the leaves do not increase, their fibres must necessarily be detached from the . fibres of the branches, and consequently the leaves will then fall. But we must not, suppose that these fallen leaves are entirely lost, and no longer useful : both reason and experience inform us to the contrary. Nothing perishes, nothing is useless in the world, consequently the leaves which fall from trees and plants...