The Saturday Magazine ..., Volume 1John William Parker, 1833 |
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... lava , who daily look upon the flaming volcano , and see the hea- vens darkened by clouds of vapour and torrents of boiling water , cast into the air from the bowels of the earth ? The boiling springs of Iceland are among the most ...
... lava , who daily look upon the flaming volcano , and see the hea- vens darkened by clouds of vapour and torrents of boiling water , cast into the air from the bowels of the earth ? The boiling springs of Iceland are among the most ...
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... lava accumulated in cavities in the bowels of the earth - to account for the eruptions of volcanoes , and , though not absolutely demonstrated , there is every presumption in favour of its probability . PASCAL . THE life of Pascal is ...
... lava accumulated in cavities in the bowels of the earth - to account for the eruptions of volcanoes , and , though not absolutely demonstrated , there is every presumption in favour of its probability . PASCAL . THE life of Pascal is ...
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... ( lava ) which overwhelmed in its course several villages , destroyed numerous planta- tions and fish - ponds , and filled up the bay of Kiranea to the extent of twenty miles in length , forming an entirely new line of coast . The ...
... ( lava ) which overwhelmed in its course several villages , destroyed numerous planta- tions and fish - ponds , and filled up the bay of Kiranea to the extent of twenty miles in length , forming an entirely new line of coast . The ...
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... lava , and stirred the ashes of the burning lake ! The charm of superstition was at once broken . Those who had expected to see the goddess , armed with flame and sulphurous smoke , burst forth and destroy the daring being who had thus ...
... lava , and stirred the ashes of the burning lake ! The charm of superstition was at once broken . Those who had expected to see the goddess , armed with flame and sulphurous smoke , burst forth and destroy the daring being who had thus ...
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... lava and half vitrified bodies , making their gradual increase by strata raised up and discharged into the air , upon occasions of the eruption of subterraneous fire . Such , among many others , are Mounts Ętna and Vesuvius , in Sicily ...
... lava and half vitrified bodies , making their gradual increase by strata raised up and discharged into the air , upon occasions of the eruption of subterraneous fire . Such , among many others , are Mounts Ętna and Vesuvius , in Sicily ...
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Page 144 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ...
Page 102 - Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this : But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven ; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them ; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know : and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified : Then was the part...
Page 30 - And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Page 245 - And the Lord said unto Moses, stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen...
Page 150 - How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill...
Page 59 - TRIUMPHAL arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art : Still seem, as to my childhood's sight, A midway station given For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven.
Page 124 - They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body ; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature.
Page 206 - THE stately homes of England, How beautiful they stand ! Amidst their tall ancestral trees. O'er all the pleasant land. The deer across their greensward bound Through shade and sunny gleam, ; And the swan glides past them, with the sound Of some rejoicing stream.
Page 208 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.