On the Improvement of Society by the Diffusion of Knowledge: Or, An Illustration of the Advantages which Would Result from a More General Dissemination of Rational and Scientific Information Among All RanksHarper, 1833 - 442 páginas |
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... atmosphere which surrounds them of the discoveries which have been made respecting light , heat , electricity , and magnetism - of the general laws which regulate the economy of nature - of the various com- binations and effects of ...
... atmosphere which surrounds them of the discoveries which have been made respecting light , heat , electricity , and magnetism - of the general laws which regulate the economy of nature - of the various com- binations and effects of ...
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... atmosphere , the actions of animals , the seasons of the year , the days of the week , the most trivial incidents in human life , and many other circumstances , have afforded matter of false alarm t mankind . But this is not all : man ...
... atmosphere , the actions of animals , the seasons of the year , the days of the week , the most trivial incidents in human life , and many other circumstances , have afforded matter of false alarm t mankind . But this is not all : man ...
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... atmosphere , the waters , the earth , and animated beings , combined with the study of natural phi- losophy and astronomy , as explaining the causes of the phenomena of nature , will have a happy tendency to eradi- cate from the mind ...
... atmosphere , the waters , the earth , and animated beings , combined with the study of natural phi- losophy and astronomy , as explaining the causes of the phenomena of nature , will have a happy tendency to eradi- cate from the mind ...
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... atmosphere , ―as in old wells , pits , caverns , and close vaults ; that it is copiously produced during the fer- mentation of liquors in brewers ' vats , where it hovers above the surface of the liquor ; in cellars where wine and malt ...
... atmosphere , ―as in old wells , pits , caverns , and close vaults ; that it is copiously produced during the fer- mentation of liquors in brewers ' vats , where it hovers above the surface of the liquor ; in cellars where wine and malt ...
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... atmosphere , and its chymical properties , and particularly in the nature and composition of the different gases , -were such instructions illustrated by a judicious selection of chymical experiments , and were the proper practical ...
... atmosphere , and its chymical properties , and particularly in the nature and composition of the different gases , -were such instructions illustrated by a judicious selection of chymical experiments , and were the proper practical ...
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On the Improvement of Society by the Diffusion of Knowledge: Or, an ... Thomas Dick Vista completa - 1842 |
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Página 277 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Página 275 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Página 276 - The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens : and his kingdom ruleth over all.
Página 308 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Página 333 - Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave them rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling their hearts with food and gladness.
Página 277 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance...
Página 261 - There, said they, is mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, the innumerable company of Angels, and the Spirits of just men made perfect.
Página 281 - But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them -who despitefully use you, and persecute you : that ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Página 276 - Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him?
Página 308 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.