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 RanksWaugh and Innes, 1833 - 542 sider |
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Side 21
... distances of the stars from our globe , is sufficient to convince any rational mind that their influence can have no effect on a region so remote from the spaces which they occupy . The plane- tary bodies , indeed , may , in certain ...
... distances of the stars from our globe , is sufficient to convince any rational mind that their influence can have no effect on a region so remote from the spaces which they occupy . The plane- tary bodies , indeed , may , in certain ...
Side 33
... distances and magnitudes of the celestial bodies , should swallow , without the least hesitation , opinions ten thousand times more improbable ; and find no difficulty in believing that an old woman can transform herself into a hare ...
... distances and magnitudes of the celestial bodies , should swallow , without the least hesitation , opinions ten thousand times more improbable ; and find no difficulty in believing that an old woman can transform herself into a hare ...
Side 39
... distance ; and , under the influence of which illu- sions , a timid imagination will transform the indis- tinct image of a cow or a horse , into a terrific phan- tom of a monstrous size . Let them also be taught , by a selection of well ...
... distance ; and , under the influence of which illu- sions , a timid imagination will transform the indis- tinct image of a cow or a horse , into a terrific phan- tom of a monstrous size . Let them also be taught , by a selection of well ...
Side 48
... distance , and scat- tered an immense quantity of small coal from the up- cast shaft . In this calamity ninety - three men and boys perished . The mine was obliged to be closed up on the following Saturday , in order to extinguish the ...
... distance , and scat- tered an immense quantity of small coal from the up- cast shaft . In this calamity ninety - three men and boys perished . The mine was obliged to be closed up on the following Saturday , in order to extinguish the ...
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... distance of thirty or forty paces from such objects , or , at such a distance as may prevent us from being injured by 54 ON THE GENERAL DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE .
... distance of thirty or forty paces from such objects , or , at such a distance as may prevent us from being injured by 54 ON THE GENERAL DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE .
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Side 336 - 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.
Side 335 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even!
Side 338 - The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens : and his kingdom ruleth over all.
Side 341 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Side 380 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Side 381 - 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.
Side 341 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Side 414 - 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.
Side 338 - 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...
Side 234 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number : he calleth them all by names, by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power, not one faileth.