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... rocks , and of the changes which they have undergone in the course of ages , is called Geology . * Those which used to be accounted the oldest rocks of the earth - because they are found beneath the others — are uniform and even in ...
... rocks , and of the changes which they have undergone in the course of ages , is called Geology . * Those which used to be accounted the oldest rocks of the earth - because they are found beneath the others — are uniform and even in ...
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... rocks , and is found in every part of the world . It is usually coloured with a tinge of dusky blue , red , or yellow , but is sometimes found of a pure white . Clay is stiff , yet ductile , that is , it holds toge- ther , and can ...
... rocks , and is found in every part of the world . It is usually coloured with a tinge of dusky blue , red , or yellow , but is sometimes found of a pure white . Clay is stiff , yet ductile , that is , it holds toge- ther , and can ...
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... rocks of the earth . Vast limestone rocks and mountains are to be met with in all parts of the world . Sometimes the limestone is dark , like that broken up and spread on the roads ; sometimes white , and of a beautiful texture - it is ...
... rocks of the earth . Vast limestone rocks and mountains are to be met with in all parts of the world . Sometimes the limestone is dark , like that broken up and spread on the roads ; sometimes white , and of a beautiful texture - it is ...
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... rock , which is sometimes half - transparent , and is then called rock crystal ; but it is often united with other minerals , as in granite , where you may see it along with felspar and glittering mica . Flint is so hard that it draws ...
... rock , which is sometimes half - transparent , and is then called rock crystal ; but it is often united with other minerals , as in granite , where you may see it along with felspar and glittering mica . Flint is so hard that it draws ...
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... rocks beneath the earth . The rock salt is found in large quantities in the county of Cheshire in England ; there are also vast and beautiful mines of salt in Poland and other places . Salt is procured from the sea by taking out large ...
... rocks beneath the earth . The rock salt is found in large quantities in the county of Cheshire in England ; there are also vast and beautiful mines of salt in Poland and other places . Salt is procured from the sea by taking out large ...
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Page 286 - The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss : to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours.
Page 286 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head...
Page 287 - The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Page 199 - He shall come down like showers Upon the fruitful earth, And love, joy, hope, like flowers, Spring in his path to birth: Before him on the mountains Shall peace the herald go; And righteousness in fountains From hill to valley flow.
Page 48 - The Lord of all, himself through all diffused, Sustains, and is the life of all that lives. Nature is but a name for an effect, Whose cause is God.
Page 284 - Calmness sits throned on yon unmoving cloud. To him who wanders- o'er the upland leas. The blackbird's note comes mellower from the dale ; And sweeter from the sky the gladsome lark Warbles his heaven-tuned song; the lulling brook Murmurs more gently down the deep-worn glen ; While from yon lowly roof, whose curling smoke O'ermounts the mist, is heard, at intervals, The voice of psalms, — the simple song of praise.
Page 50 - Sacred to neatness and repose, the alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when, held within their proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field : There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode.
Page 240 - ... in order to complete even this homely production. How many merchants and carriers, besides, must have been employed in transporting the materials from some of those workmen to others who often live in a very distant part of the country! How much commerce and navigation in particular, how many ship-builders, sailors, sail-makers, rope-makers, must have been employed in order to bring together the different drugs made use of by the dyer, which often come from the remotest corners of the world!
Page 198 - HAIL to the Lord's Anointed, Great David's greater Son ! Hail, in the time appointed, His reign on earth begun ! He comes to break oppression, To set the captive free ; To take away transgression, And rule in equity.
Page 50 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.