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Side 19
... portion of this organ forms one canal , but in the bony part in most animals it is divided into two ; in the sperm whale , however , there is only one orifice , and what is termed the spout is formed by the expired air being forcibly ...
... portion of this organ forms one canal , but in the bony part in most animals it is divided into two ; in the sperm whale , however , there is only one orifice , and what is termed the spout is formed by the expired air being forcibly ...
Side 22
... portions being used as fuel . The matter obtained from the head cavity , the case , forms the spermaceti of commerce . This species ( Balena mysticetus ) has not the clumsy appearance of the sperm whale , for although measuring sixty ...
... portions being used as fuel . The matter obtained from the head cavity , the case , forms the spermaceti of commerce . This species ( Balena mysticetus ) has not the clumsy appearance of the sperm whale , for although measuring sixty ...
Side 30
... portion of our colours . These crosses were very various in their character : that of St. George was composed of two pieces , respectively perpendicular and horizontal + ; those of St. Andrew and St. Patrick were diagonal , the parts ...
... portion of our colours . These crosses were very various in their character : that of St. George was composed of two pieces , respectively perpendicular and horizontal + ; those of St. Andrew and St. Patrick were diagonal , the parts ...
Side 57
... portions ; and planted colonies in the southern peninsula of North America , and also the pine- clad districts of Canada , which they retained until the close of the eighteenth century . It was in connection with American colonizing ...
... portions ; and planted colonies in the southern peninsula of North America , and also the pine- clad districts of Canada , which they retained until the close of the eighteenth century . It was in connection with American colonizing ...
Side 65
... portions of hydrogen and one of oxygen . The lightness of hydrogen was manifested by its raising a small balloon high above the mast head , to the great amusement of the young folks on board . From the peculiar behaviour of hydrogen ...
... portions of hydrogen and one of oxygen . The lightness of hydrogen was manifested by its raising a small balloon high above the mast head , to the great amusement of the young folks on board . From the peculiar behaviour of hydrogen ...
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Side 227 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another,) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to.
Side 36 - YE Mariners of England ! That guard our native seas ; Whose flag has braved a thousand years The battle and the breeze ! Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe ! And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Side 42 - And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of; the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Side 142 - Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Side 142 - The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it: but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Side 36 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below — As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow ; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Side 178 - Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Betwixt two rows of rocks : a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green : A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats, To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats.
Side 7 - When by the dreadful tempest borne High on the broken wave, They know Thou art not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Side 43 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left.
Side 50 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face ; and his name shall be in their foreheads.