 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 pages
...twilight to soften and beautify the landscape — no clouds to shade us from the scorching heat, — but the bald earth as it revolved on its axis would turn its tanned and weathered front to the full and unmitigated rays of the lord of day. It affords the gas which vivifies... | |
 | Geology - 1854 - 530 pages
...twilight to soften and beautify the landscape — no clouds to shade UH from the scorching heat, — but the bald earth as it revolved on its axis would turn its tanned and weathered front to the full and unmitigated rays of the lord of day. It affords the gas which vivifies... | |
 | Science - 1854 - 410 pages
...twilight O to soften and beautify the landscape — no clouds to shade us from the scorching heat, — but the bald earth as it revolved on its axis would turn its tanned and weathered front to the full and unmitigated rays of the lord of day. It affords the gas which vivifies... | |
 | University magazine - 1855 - 784 pages
...to shade us from the scorching heat, but the bald earth, as it reTulved on its axis, would turn ita tanned and weakened front to the full and unmitigated...of day. It affords the gas which vivifies and warms oar frames, and receives into itself that which has been polluted by use, and is thrown off as noxious.... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - History - 1860 - 542 pages
...have no twilight to soften and beautify the landscape, no clouds to shade us from the scorching heat ; but the bald earth, as it revolved on its axis, would...the full and unmitigated rays of the lord of day. 39. " The atmosphere affords the gas which vivifies and warms its functions, our frames ; it receives... | |
 | David Page - Physical geography - 1864 - 374 pages
...have no twilight to soften and beautify the landscape, no clouds to shade us from the scorching heat ; but the bald earth, as it revolved on its axis, would...the full and unmitigated rays of the lord of day. "The atmosphere affords the gas which vivifies and warms our frames ; it receives into itself that... | |
 | ADMIRAL RAPHAEL SEMMES - 1869 - 850 pages
...no twilight . to soften, and beautify the landscape ; no clouds to shade us from the scorching heat, but the bald earth, as it revolved on its axis, would...into itself that which has been polluted by use, and thrown off 'as noxious. It feeds the. flame of life, exactly as it does that of the fire. It is in... | |
 | Raphael Semmes - Alabama (Confederate cruiser) - 1869 - 864 pages
...have no twilight to soften, and beautify the landscape; no clouds to shade us from the scorching heat, but the bald earth, as it revolved on its axis, would...into itself that which has been polluted by use, and thrown off as noxious. It feeds the flame of life, exactly as it does that of the fire. It is in both... | |
 | Raphael Semmes - Confederate States of America - 1869 - 866 pages
...no twilight to soften, and beautify the landscape ; uo clouds to shade us from the scorching heat, but the bald earth, as it revolved on its axis, would...into itself that which has been polluted by use, and thrown off as noxious. It feeds the flame of life, exactly as it does that of the fire. It is in both... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - Marine meteorology - 1871 - 540 pages
...have no twilight to soften and beautify the landscape, no clouds to shade us from the scorching heat; but the bald earth, as it revolved on its axis, would...the full and unmitigated rays of the lord of day. 39. " The atmosphere affords the gas which vivifies and warms its functions. OUT frames; it receives... | |
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... retreat of the orb of day. But for the atmosphere, sunshine would burst on .us, and fail us at once, and at once remove us from midnight darkness to the blaze of noon. We should have no twilight . to soften, and beautify the landscape ; no clouds... 
