Life: Its Nature, Varieties, and Phenomena. Also, Times and Seasons |
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Æschylus affections Algæ analogy animalcules animals atmosphere beautiful become birds blood bones breath brutes called carbonic acid Chemical affinity correspondence creation creatures dead death degree delight disease divine doctrine earth epiphyses essential existence exquisite external eyes feel flowers forms functions fungi heart heaven herbivorous higher highest human idea imagination immortal individual insects instinct intellectual intelligence kind kingdom lease leaves less light live longæval longevity lungs marriage material body material world matter mind mineral moral motion nature never object Orchidacea organisation organs ossification ourselves oxygen palingenesis perfect phenomena philosophy physical physiological plants pleasure poets pre-Adamite prefigured principle quadrupeds reason regard rejuvenescence religious reptiles respiration respiratory apparatus says seeds sense shew shewn soul species spiritual body spiritual world spring substance sweet Terrestrial animals things tion tissues trees true truth universe vegetable Vertebrata virtue vital whole word zoophytes
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Page 74 - So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 31 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...
Page 76 - Our life contains a thousand springs, And dies if one be gone : Strange ! that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long.
Page 2 - For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
Page 117 - For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Page 294 - Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came; And lo, Creation widened in man's view.
Page 323 - All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
Page 173 - We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best.
Page 292 - And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
Page 291 - Erin, my country! though sad and forsaken, In dreams I revisit thy sea-beaten shore; But , alas ! in a far foreign land I awaken, And sigh for the friends who can meet me no more!