Reading lessons, ed. by E. Hughes, Book 4Edward Hughes 1858 |
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Page 47
... kind of electricity with which it is charged is determined by the use of excited glass or a stick of sealing - wax : by the application of the former , if the electricity be positive , the leaves will still further • separate ; and if ...
... kind of electricity with which it is charged is determined by the use of excited glass or a stick of sealing - wax : by the application of the former , if the electricity be positive , the leaves will still further • separate ; and if ...
Page 48
... kind , not unfrequently changing several times in quick succession , and at such times usually settles into negative electricity . During the passage of a cloud across the zenith , it often happens that the electricity changes to ...
... kind , not unfrequently changing several times in quick succession , and at such times usually settles into negative electricity . During the passage of a cloud across the zenith , it often happens that the electricity changes to ...
Page 52
... kind , pass over their discs , are carefully to be distinguihed from the true halos . 14th . They are much smaller , being immediately round the sun or moon , and their whole diameters vary from 10 to 12 ° . When large , their colours ...
... kind , pass over their discs , are carefully to be distinguihed from the true halos . 14th . They are much smaller , being immediately round the sun or moon , and their whole diameters vary from 10 to 12 ° . When large , their colours ...
Page 65
... kind described in his book with wonderful precision , in a very few words , so that the description cannot apply to any other plant , and con- veys to him information as to the leading characters and properties of the plant in question ...
... kind described in his book with wonderful precision , in a very few words , so that the description cannot apply to any other plant , and con- veys to him information as to the leading characters and properties of the plant in question ...
Page 73
... kind whenever they please . They can change the natural position of different parts of their bodies , as a man does when he lifts his hand to his head ; and they can carry their bodies from place to place , by the effort of their limbs ...
... kind whenever they please . They can change the natural position of different parts of their bodies , as a man does when he lifts his hand to his head ; and they can carry their bodies from place to place , by the effort of their limbs ...
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Page 278 - Tis brightness all ; save where the new snow melts Along the mazy current. Low the woods Bow their hoar head ; and ere the languid sun, Faint from the west, emits his evening ray, Earth's universal face, deep hid and chill, Is one wild dazzling waste, that buries wide The works of man.
Page 101 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Page 365 - Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Page 59 - Nature! great parent! whose unceasing hand Rolls round the seasons of the changeful year, How mighty, how majestic, are thy works ! With what a pleasing dread they swell the soul ! That sees astonish'd!
Page 364 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! In wisdom hast thou made them all : The earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.
Page 60 - That solemn sounding bids the world prepare. Then issues forth the storm with sudden burst, And hurls the whole precipitated air Down, in a torrent. On the passive main, Descends th' ethereal force, and with strong gust Turns from its bottom the discolour'd deep.
Page 388 - Syrian seas, when the night is so dark as to conceal from view the stars which might direct their course, according to the position of the four cardinal points, take a basin full of water, which they shelter from...
Page 277 - Bear me, Pomona ! to thy citron groves ; To where the lemon and the piercing lime, With the deep orange, glowing through the green, Their lighter glories blend.
Page 84 - If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
Page 276 - Yon blaze is feeble, and yon skies are cool. See, how at once the bright effulgent sun, Rising direct, swift chases from the sky The short-lived twilight ; and with ardent blaze Looks gaily fierce through all the dazzling air...