The Reason why: A Careful Collection of Many Hundreds of Reasons for Things Which, Though Generally Believed, are Imperfectly Understood. General Science ...Houlston and Wright, 1860 - 320 sidor |
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... Insects , why are those that fly by 123 night generally pale in colour 360 Insects , why have they a large number of eyes ... 1083 ... 1100 Insects , why have they long pro- jections from their heads LESSON XLIV . Insects , why do they ...
... Insects , why are those that fly by 123 night generally pale in colour 360 Insects , why have they a large number of eyes ... 1083 ... 1100 Insects , why have they long pro- jections from their heads LESSON XLIV . Insects , why do they ...
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... insects that fly by night generally of pale colour ? Because they are less affected by light than those insects that fly by day . 361. Why are the backs of fish more or less dark , while the bellies of all of them are white ? Because ...
... insects that fly by night generally of pale colour ? Because they are less affected by light than those insects that fly by day . 361. Why are the backs of fish more or less dark , while the bellies of all of them are white ? Because ...
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... insect life and vegetable fragments coming within the sphere of its influence are drawn - it is a miniature of the roaring whirlpool , or the wilder maelstrom of the Norwegian seas . 628. Nature rehearses all her parts in mild whispers ...
... insect life and vegetable fragments coming within the sphere of its influence are drawn - it is a miniature of the roaring whirlpool , or the wilder maelstrom of the Norwegian seas . 628. Nature rehearses all her parts in mild whispers ...
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... insects 70,000 species . And , including others not specified here , the total number of species of animals probably amounts to no less than 250,000 , -each species consisting of many millions of living creatures . In the area of London ...
... insects 70,000 species . And , including others not specified here , the total number of species of animals probably amounts to no less than 250,000 , -each species consisting of many millions of living creatures . In the area of London ...
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... insects , and of particles of dust , by which otherwise the faculty of hearing would be impaired . The insect called the ear - wig is popularly supposed to be so named from its tendency to get into the human ear , and cause pain and ...
... insects , and of particles of dust , by which otherwise the faculty of hearing would be impaired . The insect called the ear - wig is popularly supposed to be so named from its tendency to get into the human ear , and cause pain and ...
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The Reason why: A Careful Collection of Many Hundreds of Reasons for Things ... Robert Kemp Philp Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1857 |
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Sida 53 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Sida 286 - And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
Sida 191 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, "Behold, we knew it not;" doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Sida 230 - And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests ; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Sida 274 - To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Sida 166 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Sida 233 - Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
Sida 195 - But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him; for the Lord seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Sida 42 - And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
Sida 249 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind : and God saw that it was good.