Niagara: A PoemLeavitt, Trow & Company, 1848 - 191 sayfa |
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Sayfa 135
... Erie towards the north , where the Niagara river commences , is twenty miles , and fourteen miles from Lake Ontario , towards the south , where the river terminates . The earliest reference whatever that we have of the Falls is that of ...
... Erie towards the north , where the Niagara river commences , is twenty miles , and fourteen miles from Lake Ontario , towards the south , where the river terminates . The earliest reference whatever that we have of the Falls is that of ...
Sayfa 136
... Erie , there is a vast and prodigious cadence of water , which falls down after a surprising and astonishing manner ; insomuch that the universe does not afford its parallel . ' Tis true , Italy and Suedland boast of some such things ...
... Erie , there is a vast and prodigious cadence of water , which falls down after a surprising and astonishing manner ; insomuch that the universe does not afford its parallel . ' Tis true , Italy and Suedland boast of some such things ...
Sayfa 138
... Erie , by reason of the many wind- ings of the bays and creeks which we were forced to coast , we passed by the Great Fall of Niagara , and spent half a day in considering the wonders of that prodigious cascade . " I could not conceive ...
... Erie , by reason of the many wind- ings of the bays and creeks which we were forced to coast , we passed by the Great Fall of Niagara , and spent half a day in considering the wonders of that prodigious cascade . " I could not conceive ...
Sayfa 139
... Erie to the Great Fall are reckoned six leagues , as I have said , which is the continuation of the great river of St. Law- rence , which arises out of the four lakes above mentioned . The river , you must needs think , is very rapid ...
... Erie to the Great Fall are reckoned six leagues , as I have said , which is the continuation of the great river of St. Law- rence , which arises out of the four lakes above mentioned . The river , you must needs think , is very rapid ...
Sayfa 140
... Erie to the Great Fall . Its banks are not steep , on the contrary , the water is almost always level with the land . It is very certain , that the ground towards the Fall . is lower , by the more than ordinary swiftness of the stream ...
... Erie to the Great Fall . Its banks are not steep , on the contrary , the water is almost always level with the land . It is very certain , that the ground towards the Fall . is lower , by the more than ordinary swiftness of the stream ...
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Sayfa 149 - I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphim : each one had six wings ; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said: — " Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts : the whole earth is full of His glory.
Sayfa 151 - And the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Sayfa 152 - And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
Sayfa 150 - Inspire the course ; but fainting breathless toil, Sick, seizes on his heart: he stands at bay; And puts his last weak refuge in despair; The big round tears run down his dappled face ; He groans in anguish...
Sayfa 149 - Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
Sayfa 164 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Sayfa 151 - Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Sayfa 184 - The sense of space, and in the end, the sense of time, were both powerfully affected. Buildings, landscapes, &c., were exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily eye is not fitted to receive. Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity.
Sayfa 165 - Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
Sayfa 165 - Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. 37. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.