Excursions to Arran, Ailsa Craig, and the two Cumbraes, with reference to the natural history of these islands |
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Excursions to Arran, Ailsa Craig, and the Two Cumbraes: With Reference to ... David Landsborough No preview available - 2008 |
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Page 165 - Christ, who, though he was rich, yet for our sakes, became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich...
Page 26 - God is our refuge and strength : a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed : and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea : Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled : though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Page 95 - Give answer from thy voice, the sea-fowls' screams ! When were thy shoulders mantled in huge streams ? When, from the sun, was thy broad forehead hid ? How long is't since the mighty power bid Thee heave to airy sleep from fathom dreams ? Sleep in the lap of thunder or sunbeams, Or when grey clouds are thy cold coverlid. Thou...
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Page 9 - Go abroad Upon the paths of nature, and, when all . Its voices whisper, and its silent things Are breathing the deep beauty of the world, Kneel at its simple altar, and the God Who hath the living waters shall be there ! THE TORN HAT.
Page 29 - But what our eies have seen, and our hands touched, we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found the broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by shipwracke, and also the trunks and bodies with the branches of old and rotten trees...
Page 29 - But what our eies have seene, and hands have touched we shall declare. There is a small Island in Lancashire called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found the broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have...