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Page 69 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire and hail; snow and vapours: stormy wind fulfilling his word: Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl...
Page 185 - The Planetary and Stellar Worlds: A Popular Exposition of the Great Discoveries and Theories of Modern Astronomy.
Page 96 - THE rectangle contained by the diagonals of a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle, is equal to both the rectangles contained by its opposite sides.* Let ABCD be any quadrilateral inscribed in a circle, and join AC, BD ; the.
Page 180 - ... to be no better than lumber in men of dull understanding, was in him true, evident, and actual wisdom. His moral precepts are practical, for they are drawn from an intimate acquaintance with human nature. His maxims carry conviction : for they are founded on the basis of common sense, and a very attentive and minute survey of real life.
Page 5 - On that cool night it will be pleasant to hang up the whip with which he drove the enterprises of a lifetime, and feel that with it he never "cut behind" at those who were struggling.
Page 131 - Meditations among the Tombs." At the first chance the boy will break loose. With one grand leap he will clear the catechisms. He will burst away into all riotous living. He will be so glad to get out of Egypt, that he will jump into the Red Sea. The hardest colts to catch are those that have a long while been locked up. Restraints are necessary, but there must be some outlet. Too high a dam will overflow all the meadows. A sure way of spoiling children is by surfeiting them with food. Many of them...
Page 179 - Waymarks — Glimpses of the Land — The Passage — Recognition of Friends — The Heavenly Banquet — Children in Heaven — Society of Angels — Society of the Saviour — Heavenly Honours and Riches — No Tears in Heaven — Holiness in Heaven — Activity in Heaven — The Resurrection Body — Perpetuity of Bliss in Heaven.
Page 3 - CUT BEHIND !" Human nature the same in boy as man ; all running to gain the vehicle of success. Some are spry, and gain that for which they strive ; others are slow, and tumble down, they who fall crying out against those who mount, " CUT BEHIND !" A political office rolls past.
Page 179 - CHRIST IN THE NEW TESTAMENT ; or, Faith and Love Exemplified in the Lives of those who befriended Him when on Earth. By the Rev. Dr. ADAMS.
Page 180 - Old English. With this you may be easily furnished upon any occasion, by the dictionary commonly printed at the end of Chaucer.' I must not conclude, without cautioning all writers without genius in one material point, which is, never to be afraid of having too much fire in their works. I should advise rather to take their warmest thoughts, and spread them abroad upon paper; for they are observed to Cool before they are read.