Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1849 |
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Page 413 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their meat from God. The sun ariseth, They gather themselves together, And lay them down in their dens.
Page 413 - He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man...
Page 413 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man : That he may bring forth food out of the earth ; And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, And oil to make his face to shine, And bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
Page 413 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment : who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot : who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 413 - He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field : the wild asses quench their thirst.
Page 413 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain; who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh upon the wings of the wind; who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire. Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
Page 615 - Lombard merchants, at the close of the twelfth and the beginning of the thirteenth century.
Page 547 - one of the most important epochs in the history of the world, the commencement of the eighth century, when on the one side Mohammedanism threatened to overspread Italy and Gaul, and on the other the ancient idolatry of Saxony and Friesland once more forced its way across the Rhine.
Page 413 - The calm and toilsome labor of man, from the rising of the sun to the setting of the same, when his daily work is done, is here contrasted with the moving life of the elements of nature. This contrast and generalization in the conception of...
Page 413 - O Lord, my God, thou art very great ! Thou art clothed with honour and majesty ! Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment : who stretchest out the heavens like a canopy.