The Western Journal, Volume 7M. Tarver and T.F. Risk, 1851 |
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Page 66
... earth ; and in the different kingdoms of nature , whatever soonest comes to maturity , soonest perishes away . The Acanthus , that beautiful model of the Grecian artist , springs up into full growth and vigor in a single spring , but ...
... earth ; and in the different kingdoms of nature , whatever soonest comes to maturity , soonest perishes away . The Acanthus , that beautiful model of the Grecian artist , springs up into full growth and vigor in a single spring , but ...
Page 67
... earth , spreads his giant arms above , endures all the change s of the seasons , defies the utmost violence of the storm , and " Flourishes a hale green tree When a hundred years are gone . The human intellect is the most valuable ...
... earth , spreads his giant arms above , endures all the change s of the seasons , defies the utmost violence of the storm , and " Flourishes a hale green tree When a hundred years are gone . The human intellect is the most valuable ...
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... earth . Here is the proper place to begin the work of reform and refinement ; for here the skill , and all the appliances , necessary for the com- mencement , can be more readily obtained than at any other point on the banks of the ...
... earth . Here is the proper place to begin the work of reform and refinement ; for here the skill , and all the appliances , necessary for the com- mencement , can be more readily obtained than at any other point on the banks of the ...
Page 82
... earth of bones . The serum retains in solution sea salt , and other salts of potash and soda , in which the acids are carbonic , phosphoric , and sul- phuric acids . The globules of the blood contain fibrine and al- bumen , along with a ...
... earth of bones . The serum retains in solution sea salt , and other salts of potash and soda , in which the acids are carbonic , phosphoric , and sul- phuric acids . The globules of the blood contain fibrine and al- bumen , along with a ...
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... earth of bones , every part of the food of carnivorous animals is capable of assimilation . In a chemical sense , therefore , it may be said that a carnivor- ous animal , in supporting the vital process , consumes itself . That which ...
... earth of bones , every part of the food of carnivorous animals is capable of assimilation . In a chemical sense , therefore , it may be said that a carnivor- ous animal , in supporting the vital process , consumes itself . That which ...
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Page 414 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same : Unerring NATURE, still divinely bright, One clear, unchanged, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of Art.
Page 136 - I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.
Page 339 - 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 show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Page 119 - While the same sunbeam shines upon The guilty and the guiltless one, And hymns of joy proclaim through. Heaven The Triumph of a soul Forgiven...
Page 194 - Alas ! our young affections run to waste, Or water but the desert ; whence arise But weeds of dark luxuriance, tares of haste, Rank at the core, though tempting to the eyes, Flowers whose wild odours breathe but agonies, And trees whose gums are poison ; such the plants Which spring beneath her steps as Passion flies O'er the world's wilderness, and vainly pants For some celestial fruit forbidden to our wants.
Page 198 - For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. 15 And all that sat in' the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
Page 276 - Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Page 344 - And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea ; and it became as the blood of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea.
Page 195 - By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
Page 276 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.