The Wonders of Nature and Art: Comprising Upwards of Three Hundred of the Most Remarkable Curiosities and Phenomena in the Known World ; with an Appendix of Interesting Experiments, in Different Arts and Sciences, for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young PeopleJ. Chidley, 1838 - 568 pages |
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... caverns explored ; while waterfalls , cascades , and the recesses of the deep and boundless ocean have been held in requisition to gratify the thirst of knowledge awakened in the mind of the young and inquiring reader . The most ...
... caverns explored ; while waterfalls , cascades , and the recesses of the deep and boundless ocean have been held in requisition to gratify the thirst of knowledge awakened in the mind of the young and inquiring reader . The most ...
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... caverns have been ex- plored . Waterfalls , cascades , and the wonders of the deep , are particularly noticed ; and the most celebrated public buildings in all parts of the world , are not only described , but are fre- quently ...
... caverns have been ex- plored . Waterfalls , cascades , and the wonders of the deep , are particularly noticed ; and the most celebrated public buildings in all parts of the world , are not only described , but are fre- quently ...
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... caverns , and grottos 154 Mountains .... Monuments and inscriptions .... 210 Ruins ..... Cascades , fountains , cataracts , 469 .... 194 History of the weather 481 Holy land ...... 490 ...... 221 Tower of London 504 Inventions ... 511 ...
... caverns , and grottos 154 Mountains .... Monuments and inscriptions .... 210 Ruins ..... Cascades , fountains , cataracts , 469 .... 194 History of the weather 481 Holy land ...... 490 ...... 221 Tower of London 504 Inventions ... 511 ...
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... caverns , some of which afford an asylum to wild pigeons , and others are used as magazines for snow . Here also is the river Acis ( celebrated in the fable of Acis and Galatea ) , which bursts out of the earth in a large stream , runs ...
... caverns , some of which afford an asylum to wild pigeons , and others are used as magazines for snow . Here also is the river Acis ( celebrated in the fable of Acis and Galatea ) , which bursts out of the earth in a large stream , runs ...
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... CAVERNS , AND GROTTOS . VERY REMARKABLE CAVERN ON THE ISLAND OF HOONGA On the island of Hoonga , in the South Pacific Ocean , is a peculiar cavern , situated on the western coast , the entrance to which is at least a fathom beneath the ...
... CAVERNS , AND GROTTOS . VERY REMARKABLE CAVERN ON THE ISLAND OF HOONGA On the island of Hoonga , in the South Pacific Ocean , is a peculiar cavern , situated on the western coast , the entrance to which is at least a fathom beneath the ...
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Page 385 - On the deck the Rover takes his stand; So dark it is, they see no land. Quoth Sir Ralph, "It will be lighter soon, For there is the dawn of the rising moon.
Page 423 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 124 - Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
Page 385 - Now where we are I cannot tell, But I wish I could hear the Inchcape Bell. " They hear no sound ; the swell is strong ; Though the wind hath fallen, they drift along, Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock: " O Christ! it is the Inchcape Rock!
Page 223 - But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; And owls shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, And dragons in their pleasant palaces: And her time is near to come, And her days shall not be prolonged.
Page 288 - If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here ; so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven ! the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable...
Page 124 - He giveth snow like wool : he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels : who can stand before his cold ? He sendeth out his word, and melteth them : he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
Page 419 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed, in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime, The image of Eternity, the throne Of the invisible,— even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 385 - No STIR in the air, no stir in the sea: The ship was still as she could be; Her sails from heaven received no motion; Her keel was steady in the ocean. Without either sign or sound of their shock, The waves flowed over the Inchcape Rock; So little they rose, so little they fell, They did not move the Inchcape Bell.
Page 124 - God thundereth marvellously with his voice ; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.